What Drives Local Action? Proactive Reception and Early Integration for Ukrainian Forced Migrants in Polish Cities: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis
What Drives Local Action? Proactive Reception and Early Integration for Ukrainian Forced Migrants in Polish Cities: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis
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Lyubashenko, Igor
Wojtowicz, Dominika
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2026
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Urban Affairs Review
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1078-0874
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2026-07-16
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This study investigates the conditions under which Polish cities adopt proactive reception and early integration responses for Ukrainian forced migrants following the 2022 Russian invasion. Despite Poland's centralized governance and limited municipal authority over migration,
certain cities adopted a proactive approach, coordinating reception and initiating early-integration measures beyond minimal compliance. Employing Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA), we examined 12 urban cases to identify configurations of conditions - political leadership, institutional capacity, socio-economic opportunities, and community attitudes - that facilitate proactive approaches to reception and early integration. Our findings reveal that strong political leadership is a necessary condition across all proactive cases. Additionally, combinations involving high institutional capacity, favorable socio-economic conditions, and supportive community attitudes contribute to municipal action exceeding baseline requirements. These findings help to understand the urban context in shaping reception and early integration, demonstrating that local configurations of resources, governance, and community dynamics can drive municipal responses to forced migration crises, particularly within centralized systems.
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reception
early integration
forced migrants
refugees
cities
municipalities
QCA
multi-level governance
Poland
early integration
forced migrants
refugees
cities
municipalities
QCA
multi-level governance
Poland
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Sustainable Development Goals
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Cohesion or Space for Experimentation? An Analysis of Poland’s Political Response to the Migration Crisis Triggered by the Escalation of Russian Aggression Against Ukraine
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2022/45/B/HS5/00933
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