Humanitarian Aid and Empowerment of Ukrainian Refugees: The Case of Visegrad Group countries: Czechia, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia [Paperback]

The book presents good practices in humanitarian assistance and empowerment of Ukrainian refugees in various areas.

The book presents good practices in humanitarian assistance and empowerment of Ukrainian refugees in various areas: emergency aid to large groups crossing the border, organisation of support in places of temporary stay, learning local languages, inclusion of children in school and adults in the labour market, and inclusion in the local community. It indicates the forms of international protection and the scope of their application by migrants from Ukraine, and discusses the temporary protection status dedicated to Ukrainian refugees.

The volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of migration and diaspora studies, immigration law, and public policy.

List of figures vii List of tables viii List of contributors ix Preface xii Acknowledgements xiv Humanitarian aid or empowerment? Policy towards support of refugees from Ukraine: Introduction 1 MAAGORZATA MADEJ , DOROTA MOROC , AND JUDIT CSOBA 1 Visegrad Group countries towards migration 13 MAGDALENA RATAJCZAK AND MARTA RYNIEJSKA-KIEADANOWICZ 2 Refugees from Ukraine in the countries of the Visegrad Group 30 MAAGORZATA MADEJ 3 Legalisation of the Ukrainian refugees stay 44 DOROTA MOROC 4 Organising support for refugees from Ukraine: The role of the state, local governments, and civil society 62 AL}BETA BROZMANOV? GREGOROV? AND FILIP BAMB?CH 5 The first step: Organising support at the location of refugees temporary stay 78 PAVEL HULEC 6 Assistance with housing 93 JUDIT CSOBA, ANDREA DIEBEL, AND LUCA SZ?PR-F?L?P 7 Teaching local languages to foreigners 111 NATALIYA-MARIYA MOCHERNAK 8 Inclusion of children and youth in the national education system 128 MARLENA PIOTROWSKA 9 Integration instead of ghettoisation: Integrating refugees with the local communities 145 AL}BETA BROZMANOV? GREGOROV? l3,