TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparing pre-war and forced Ukrainian migrants in Poland
T2 - Challenges for the labour market and prospects for integration
AU - Kubiciel–Lodzińska, Sabina
AU - Golebiowska, Kate
AU - Pachocka, Marta
AU - Dąbrowska, Anna
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 International Organization for Migration.
PY - 2024/2
Y1 - 2024/2
N2 - Before full-scale war broke out in 2022, over 1 million Ukrainians resided legally in Poland. Within weeks of Russia's aggression, around 1.5 million new Ukrainian forced migrants had arrived, many of whom remain in Poland. As of September 2023, 970,000 Ukrainian refugees were still in Poland, where they enjoyed temporary protection status. This paper analyses data from a 2022 survey of both forcibly displaced and pre-war Ukrainian migrants with the aim of establishing what measures are needed to facilitate the economic integration of the former group. The two cohorts differ in terms of gender, age, family status, ways of seeking employment, employment situation and aspirations. Although 66 per cent of respondents had completed tertiary education, only 30 per cent of the forcibly displaced group had Polish-language skills. The paper recommends strategies for the provision of language education along with solutions to enable the labour market participation of this group and otherwise support their integration.
AB - Before full-scale war broke out in 2022, over 1 million Ukrainians resided legally in Poland. Within weeks of Russia's aggression, around 1.5 million new Ukrainian forced migrants had arrived, many of whom remain in Poland. As of September 2023, 970,000 Ukrainian refugees were still in Poland, where they enjoyed temporary protection status. This paper analyses data from a 2022 survey of both forcibly displaced and pre-war Ukrainian migrants with the aim of establishing what measures are needed to facilitate the economic integration of the former group. The two cohorts differ in terms of gender, age, family status, ways of seeking employment, employment situation and aspirations. Although 66 per cent of respondents had completed tertiary education, only 30 per cent of the forcibly displaced group had Polish-language skills. The paper recommends strategies for the provision of language education along with solutions to enable the labour market participation of this group and otherwise support their integration.
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U2 - 10.1111/imig.13213
DO - 10.1111/imig.13213
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85178902291
SN - 0020-7985
VL - 62
SP - 236
EP - 251
JO - International Migration
JF - International Migration
IS - 1
ER -