Migrants' Calibration of Social Ties Under Double War: Relational Dynamics and Network Reconfiguration
Journal: International Migration
Year: 2026

ABSTRACT This article examines how social ties are actively constructed, recalibrated or severed by migrants navigating a reality of double war, defined as the simultaneous exposure to war in both their countries of origin and destination. The study draws on thirty‐seven in‐depth interviews with migrants from Ukraine, Russia and Belarus who immigrated to Israel between 2022 and 2024 following Russia's full‐scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, and later experienced renewed insecurity during the Isr