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The Battleground of Migration Politics in Prague Amid the (Poly)Crisis
Title / Series / Name
Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies
Publication Volume
23
Publication Issue
3
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(poly)crisis
battleground
contestation
displacement
migration politics
refugees
Demography
Health (social science)
Geography, Planning and Development
SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
battleground
contestation
displacement
migration politics
refugees
Demography
Health (social science)
Geography, Planning and Development
SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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URI
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14018/28735
Abstract
Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, millions have been displaced. Although Czechia initially demonstrated “unprecedented solidarity” toward displaced people from Ukraine, rising inflation and economic precarity soon fueled welfare chauvinism and anti-migration rhetoric from far-right parties and anti-establishment movements. Within this context, displaced Ukrainians in Prague became politically active, countering this rhetoric alongside local activists in solidarity. Drawing on ethnographic research, this article examines Prague’s battleground of migration politics, focusing on the mobilization and counter-mobilization over displaced persons’ (political) presence and rights amid broader struggles to frame and respond to the (poly)crisis.
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Journal article
Date
2025-07-30
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Identifiers
10.1080/15562948.2025.2480604