Shades of protracted displacement: reconciling citizenship and the status of internally displaced in Eastern Ukraine
Journal: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Year: 2023

Following the war in Eastern Ukraine, 1.7 million internally displaced people (IDPs) from the Donbas region and returnees were required to maintain their IDP status to access state welfare provisions and freedom of movement. The policy regime of displacement enforced by the Ukrainian state and by the quasi-state formations in the region created marginalising and discriminatory effects for the people struggling to understand their new position vis-a-vis the state. As a result, they designed and e