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In this episode of The VoiCEE podcast, Agnieszka Wądołowska, deputy editor of Notes from Poland, speaks with Maciej Duszczyk, a professor at the University of Warsaw’s Centre of Migration Research.
They discuss the situation of Ukrainian refugees in Poland and how it has changed in the last eight months – how some have found their place on the job market and in the education system and how some still remain off the grid. They analyse how much we know about Ukrainian migrants in Poland, how Poles perceive them, and the support they have been receiving.
They also talk about the challenges created by the Belarus-orchestrated migration into Poland and how the “impenetrable wall” erected by the Polish government on the border might not be a solution to all the problems.
Last but not least, they look at the region, and compare the various responses of Central and Eastern European countries to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the refugees seeking shelter, as well as if regional solidarity concerning migration challenges is possible or even needed.
In this podcast series we are looking at the region from different angles and perspectives, attempting to capture its diversity and understand emerging trends. Above all, we want to give voice to a region that is often talked to rather than listened to.
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Podcast Producer: Ewa Dunal, Sounds and Stories
Main image credit: UN Women Europe and Central Asia/ Flickr (under CC BY-NC 2.0)
Agnieszka Wądołowska is deputy editor of Notes from Poland. She has previously worked for Gazeta.pl and Tokfm.pl and contributed to Gazeta Wyborcza, Wysokie Obcasy, Duży Format, Midrasz and Kultura Liberalna
