The reception and integration of refugees from Ukraine in Poland, Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary – the New Immigration Destinations of Central Europe
Journal: Problemy Polityki Społecznej Studia i Dyskusje
Year: 2023

The aim of this article is to assess the policy response deployed by the Visegrad Group countries (Poland, Czechia, Hungary, Slovakia) during the humanitarian crisis of displacement following the beginning of brutal Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine, in the light of the theoretical framework of New Immigration Destinations (NID). Such a framework is introduced and assessed as relevant to explain how the scant previous experience of public institutions and the wider society in addressing the