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Huérou, Anne Le; Merlin, Aude; Régamey, Amandine; Sieca-Kozlowski, Élisabeth

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“…This paper adds to the existing literature on the proactive existence of refugees by studying migrants who fled from the North Caucasus. In the past few decades, the region of the North Caucasus has been a theatre for two major wars and several smaller conflicts (Le Huérou, Merlin, Regamey, & Sieca-Kozlowski, 2014b;Souleimanov, 2007). Emil Souleimanov (2007) explained that the First Chechen War (1994)(1995)(1996) was preceded by economic decay and the rise of nationalism in peripheral Soviet republics, the dissolution of the Soviet Union, and the Chechen declaration of independence from Russia.…”

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“…Because claimants from the North Caucasus constitute the great majority of all asylum seekers in Poland (Lukasiewicz, 2017), these centres are inhabited mostly by migrants from the North Caucasus. Chechen refugees have been affected by dramatic transformations that erupted in the region after the dissolution of the Soviet Union (Le Huérou, Merlin, Regamey, & Sieca-Kozlowski, 2014b;Raubisko, 2011). While Chechen asylum seekers wait for decisions on their statuses, they are subjected to practices and policies that facilitate migration control at the new eastern border of the European Union (Lukasiewicz, 2017;Menz, 2009).…”

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“We are all brothers here”: The making of a life by Chechen refugees in Poland

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2019

Population Space and Place

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In this age of human mobility, refugees face increased politicisation of their migration. Instead of being victims of the present and the past, refugees live their lives proactively. On the basis of ethnographic fieldwork among Chechen refugees in Poland, this paper concerns the relation between the political and socio‐economic context and migrants' agency. In particular, the paper explores how a shared sense of loss and trauma, refugees' deportability and subordinate inclusion within Poland and the European Union, and a collective experience of exploitation and racism shape migrants' proactive existence. The paper provides a detailed ethnographic account of the circumstances under which refugees are likely to distance themselves from the local people and host society while developing a strong sense of shared identity and collective morality.

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Futile attempts to remake the world: Wars in the North Caucasus and refugee masculinities in Poland

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2024

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This study describes the lived experience of an Ingush refugee man to examine how wars in the North Caucasus became a part of his daily life. Concentrating on individual life, the study discusses a gendered “recovery” pattern among Chechen and Ingush asylum‐seeking men who were encamped in Poland between 2007 and 2009. The study shows how attempts to remake the world reproduced trauma while fostering the perception that the ongoing life aligns with the prevailing gender ideology in the sending societies. The recovery process was hindered owing to protracted precariousness and uncertainty. When displaced men fail to remake the world at collective centers for refugees, they may become detached from life in a way that supports the formation of novel forms of sociality. The study's findings may reverberate to the present political and socioeconomic landscape, where multiple crises impact the subjectivity and autonomy of refugees.

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“We are all brothers here”: The making of a life by Chechen refugees in Poland

“We are all brothers here”: The making of a life by Chechen refugees in Poland

Futile attempts to remake the world: Wars in the North Caucasus and refugee masculinities in Poland

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