SSEESing NOW event on the Russia-Ukraine war with Dr Karolina Łukasiewicz (Centre for Migration Research, Warsaw University), Dr Olena Fedyuk (Central European University, Budapest), Dr Yana Leontiyeva (Institute of Sociology, Czech Academy of Sciences), Professor Franck Düvell (Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies, Osnabrück University) and Dr Kateryna Ivashenko (Institute of Sociology, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, currently in Krakow). Chaired by Dr Agnieszka Kubal, UCL SSEES

Over two million people have fled Ukraine so far as a result of the Russian invasion, which has caused destruction of civilian infrastructure, led to civilian casualties and has forced people to leave their homes seeking safety, protection and humanitarian assistance. Yet this is not the first ‘refugee crisis’ that Europe has seen in the last decade. The aim of this panel discussion was to put current events unfolding in Ukraine in the context of other mass population displacements from an Eastern European perspective. What are the similarities and what are the differences in the way Eastern European countries are responding to this humanitarian crisis? How prepared are we? How are the countries that do not share immediate borders with Ukraine likely to react to this displacement? How might matters of gender and age shape the broader discursive responses to this refugee crisis in Europe?

This event was recorded on 15 March 2022.

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