Female, Deserving, and European? The Changing EUropean Migration Discourse in the Face of the Russia–Ukraine War
Journal: Politische Vierteljahresschrift
Year: 2024

Abstract The initial response of the European Union (EU) to people fleeing Ukraine was unusually univocal and welcoming, culminating in the swift activation of the Temporary Protection Directive. This predominantly humanitarian response represents a special case and an outlier in terms of how the EU and its member states have responded to previous displacements. This paper explores the discursive construction that made this response possible, by looking at how forced migration from Ukraine has b