@article {1122,
	title = {A Stranger in My Village: Ukrainian Refugees in Poland{\textquoteright}s Rural Areas},
	journal = {Central and Eastern European Migration Review},
	volume = {14},
	year = {2025},
	pages = {355-375},
	chapter = {355},
	abstract = {<p>The attitude of inhabitants and representatives of local institutions towards refugees from Ukraine \&ndash; and the possibility to include the latter in local social and economic life \&ndash; plays a crucial role in a successful process of integration. A year after Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the authors carried out a quantitative survey among the inhabitants of one rural community in western Poland, investigating whether refugees were perceived as a potential factor of community development. This paper reveals the attitude of residents of that municipality towards war refugees from Ukraine. The predominant attitude is acceptance of the presence of Ukrainian refugees but there is also an element of opposition, albeit much weaker. Although there is demand for migrant labour in the municipality, and, without that labour, many farms and businesses would have to pare back their operations, at the same time the respondents do not fully see migrants as equal fellow residents, agreeing only reluctantly to the financial transfers involved.</p>},
	keywords = {attitudes towards the Ukrainians, Polish rural inhabitants, Ukrainian refugees},
	issn = {2300-1682},
	doi = {10.54667/ceemr.2025.33},
	author = {{\'S}piewak, Ruta and Halamska, Maria}
}
