‘All is not yet lost here.’ The role of aspirations and capabilities in migration projects of Ukrainian migrants in Poland

Brzozowska, Anita

doi:10.1080/1369183x.2022.2157804

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“…One of the factors determining migration is the income from performed work (Brunowska, Grotte, Lesińska, 2012;Brzozowska 2022). Based on the respective research, the economic factor was one of the most essential criteria for Ukrainian citizens.…”

Section: Results Of the Author's Own Research And Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Employment of Ukrainians as an Opportunity to Fill the Labour Market in Poland – Selected Issues

Gomółka,

Gawrycka,

Kuc-Czarnecka

2023

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The labour market in Poland has undergone significant transformations over the past two decades. The observed changes have been influenced by various factors related to, among other things, the possibility of free movement of the population resulting from membership of EU structures, demographic changes, technological changes, and the automation and robotisation of production processes. Demographic change is becoming a significant challenge, highlighting the shortage of workers with different qualifications and competencies in the labour market in various sectors of the national economy. This paper aims to indicate to what extent Ukrainian citizens can fill the gaps in Poland’s emerging labour market. To that end, a survey was conducted in the Qualtrics programme in May-June 2022 among Ukrainian citizens who arrived in Poland before 24th February 2022, i.e., before the outbreak of the war and who were registered in the Gremi Personal database. This particular company provides support connected to employment for Ukrainians. Due to the non-probabilistic sampling technique, the results cannot be generalised with regard to the entire population. To analyse the results, descriptive statistics were used to examine the population structure and determine the signifi cance of the characteristics studied and the correlation between them. The research shows that labour shortages in Poland’s labour market can be compensated to some extent by employing migrants from, for example, Ukraine. The commencement of the proper research was preceded by the preparation of a pilot study and the collection and analysis of statistical data related to the situation on the Polish labour market, taking into account the level and structure of employment and an indication of shortages in the labour market when the research was prepared, and the fact that complete statistical data ended in 2020, hence the decision to include this research period in the analyses.

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Section: Results Of the Author's Own Research And Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Employment of Ukrainians as an Opportunity to Fill the Labour Market in Poland – Selected Issues

Gomółka,

Gawrycka,

Kuc-Czarnecka

2023

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“…Teke Lloyd and Sirkeci (2022) suggested that a history of conflict in an area (as in the case of Ukraine) would have made pre-existing desires for emigration more likely, and therefore, shape orientations following enforced displacement. Brzozowska's (2023) research on the continuous cycles of labour migration between Ukraine and Poland over many years, also suggests that such imaginaries of emigration are seen as relatively commonplace in places facing higher levels of mobility as a starting condition. Finally, Hunkler et al (2022) examined the ways social class shaped forced migration trajectories.…”

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Managing protracted displacement: How anchoring shapes ‘agency-in-waiting’ among middle-class Ukrainian female refugees in Berlin

Maxwell,

Leybenson,

Yemini

2024

International Sociology

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The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 resulted in one of the largest refugee crises in Europe since World War II. A significant number of Ukrainian refugees, mostly women and children, have sought asylum in Germany, where they have been granted temporary protection status. These refugees found themselves in a state of protracted displacement, with uncertain futures. This article examines how middle-class Ukrainian women, with children, envision their futures and how this shapes their present. Engaging with the literature on protracted displacement and the concept of ‘agency-in-waiting’, we examine how this relatively privileged group variously respond to living in transit. To enable closer analysis of these variations, we extend examinations of protracted displacement with Grzymala-Kazlowska’s idea of anchors. This allows us to consider how previous social-class positioning, and also other external and internal structures in places migrated to, intersect to reveal the anchors facilitating or constraining ‘agency-in-waiting’.

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“…"Both the internally displaced and refugees are particularly vulnerable to HT, but also generally the millions of war-affected populations" (Anti-Trafficking Task Force (ATTF) Ukraine, Terms of Reference -May 2022 -Ukraine, 2022), being increasingly exposed to traffickers who take advantage of the vulnerability and trust of the people in need. Despite this, Ukrainians have always striven for free movement of labour (Panchenko 2019;Nagornyak et al 2020;Brzozowska 2022;Jirka 2023), being motivated by EU values and practices, which have become one of the triggers of Russian aggression. Now, the prospect of integration in the EU and the forced migration as a direct result of the war have induced students and graduates to cross the border more actively, hoping for a better future.…”

Section: Ukrainian Context: Migration Vulnerability and Academiamentioning

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A spiderweb of human trafficking: An empirical linguistic study

Paliichuk

2023

Crossroads

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The state of the art in human trafficking (HT) prevention requires the elaboration of subtle verbal techniques that can enhance informative awareness campaigns. The paper explores the representations of metaphors in the media about HT through the SPIDERWEB construal and its impact on the youth in Ukraine. Compared to previous decades (Paliichuk 2011), the SPIDERWEB metaphor can be observed more frequently in recent publications, encouraging the study of whether it contributes to a stronger reader response. The methods embrace conceptual analysis and an experiment, in which 60 undergraduates (grouped into G1, G2, and G3) took part. Four media fragments were used in three modes: authentic (A), weakened (W), and enhanced (E). In total, twelve variables were tested. The Paired Samples T Test revealed the changes in student post-reading perceptions, with the highest response to E texts (identifying oneself with trafficked persons; imagining oneself being in the same situation; imagining sounds/voices; being emotionally affected). Used for the differences between A–W; A–E; and W–E, the Independent Samples T Test revealed higher degrees for imagining oneself being enslaved in the HT situation; being secluded or isolated; emotionally affected; and being more careful about personal safety, which points to the feasibility of designing anti-trafficking educational content based on the SPIDERWEB metaphor.

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‘All is not yet lost here.’ The role of aspirations and capabilities in migration projects of Ukrainian migrants in Poland

Cited by 10 publications

References 28 publications

The Employment of Ukrainians as an Opportunity to Fill the Labour Market in Poland – Selected Issues

The Employment of Ukrainians as an Opportunity to Fill the Labour Market in Poland – Selected Issues

Managing protracted displacement: How anchoring shapes ‘agency-in-waiting’ among middle-class Ukrainian female refugees in Berlin

A spiderweb of human trafficking: An empirical linguistic study

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