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

Humanitarian aid or empowerment? Policy towards support of refugees from Ukraine: Introduction 1

MAŁGORZATA MADEJ , DOROTA MOROŃ , AND JUDIT CSOBA

1 Visegrad Group countries towards migration 13

MAGDALENA RATAJCZAK AND MARTA RYNIEJSKA-KIEŁDANOWICZ

2 Refugees from Ukraine in the countries of the Visegrad Group 30

MAŁGORZATA MADEJ

3 Legalisation of the Ukrainian refugees’ stay 44

DOROTA MOROŃ

4 Organising support for refugees from Ukraine: The role of the state, local governments, and civil society 62

ALŽBETA BROZMANOVÁ GREGOROVÁ AND FILIP BAMBÚCH

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 SZÖŐR-FÜLÖP

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

ALŽBETA BROZMANOVÁ GREGOROVÁ AND JANA ŠOLCOVÁ

10 Ukrainian refugees on the labour market 162

JUDIT CSOBA, ANDREA DIEBEL, AND KATALIN ÁBRAHÁM

11 Business sector for Ukrainians: A form of support or profit-seeking? 182

AGNIESZKA MAKAREWICZ

Conclusions: Lessons learned and recommendations on the basis of the best practices in supporting Ukrainian refugees in the Visegrad Group countries 200

JUDIT CSOBA, MAŁGORZATA MADEJ, AND DOROTA MOROŃ

Index 207

Biography

Dorota Moroń is a political scientist and sociologist, professor at the Institute of Political Science, University of Wrocław, Poland. The main areas of her scientific interest include social policy, particularly investment and innovative social policy, social work and analysis of the role of the state, the social economy sector, and NGOs. She is the deputy director for teaching, member of the Polish Society for Social Policy, author and co-author of multiple books, chapters, and journal articles.

Małgorzata Madej is a political scientist, PhD at the Institute of Political Science, University of Wrocław, Poland. The main areas of her scientific interest include citizen participation in elections and decision-making processes, especially at the local level, as well as participatory tools in local and sublocal self-government in Poland, and social movements. She is the author and co-author of three books, multiple chapters, and journal articles. She is also the editor-in-chief of the Polish Political Science Review.

Judit Csoba is a professor of sociology and social policy and course director of Social Policy Education at the Faculty of Arts, University of Debrecen, Hungary. Her research focuses on sociology of work, social policy, employment policy, and social economy. She is the author or co-author of eight books, several book chapters, and journal articles. She is a member of the editorial board of three professional journals (soci .h u, Esély, Metszetek) and the editor-in-chief of the European Social Work Education and Practice book series published by Springer.