Scholars of deservingness emphasize the attitudes of host societies toward migrant communities and inter-ethnic stances of migrant groups but not in-group perceptions of deservingness. Based on interviews with Ukrainian citizens who received temporary protection in the Czech Republic and Poland after the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, we show that participants classified the fleeing of their fellow citizens from Western Ukraine as non-deserving of temporary protection. Migration from this region, minimally affected by the war, was seen as economic and voluntary not forced. As such, Ukrainians from this part of Ukraine could not vindicate their displacement. By contrast, those fleeing from Eastern Ukraine were perceived as worthy, since their migration was “truly” forced due to the active war, and therefore deserving of temporary protection. However, most Ukrainians displaced in the Czech Republic and Poland are from Western Ukraine and thus, from the perspective of participants, they do not deserve temporary protection. This research suggests that regional aspects are important when studying the “deserving” or “non-deserving” migration aspirations of Ukrainian beneficiaries of the Temporary Protection Directive.

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东方与西方：生活在波兰和捷克共和国的流离失所乌克兰人的地区应得性和移民愿望


研究应得性的学者强调东道国社会对移民社区的态度和移民群体的种族间立场，而不是群体内对应得的看法。根据对 2022 年俄罗斯全面入侵乌克兰后在捷克共和国和波兰获得临时保护的乌克兰公民的采访，我们表明参与者将他们的同胞从乌克兰西部逃离归类为不值得获得临时保护。从这个受战争影响最小的地区迁移被视为经济和自愿的，而不是被迫的。因此，来自乌克兰这一地区的乌克兰人无法证明他们的流离失所是正确的。相比之下，那些从乌克兰东部逃离的人被认为是有价值的，因为他们的迁移是由于正在进行的战争而“真正”被迫的，因此应该得到临时保护。然而，在捷克共和国和波兰流离失所的大多数乌克兰人来自乌克兰西部，因此，从参与者的角度来看，他们不应该得到临时保护。这项研究表明，在研究临时保护指令的乌克兰受益人的“应得”或“不值得”的移民愿望时，区域因素很重要。