Navigating (im)mobility in an urban space: migrant’s lived experience in Kyiv/Ukraine before 2022
Journal: Comparative Migration Studies
Year: 2025

Abstract Before the full-scale war, Ukraine was one of the key origin countries for migrants seeking to move to the European Union. While considerable research has covered international migration, the understanding of how internal and international migration in Ukraine are interconnected is under-researched. The paper aims to situate the urban dimension at the core of the analysis to discuss the patterns of internal and external mobilities and their interrelatedness in pre- 2022 Ukraine. Drawing