Paper title:
 In The Shadows of the War. Internally Displaced Persons in the Westernmost Part of Ukraine at the Beginning of the Russian Invasion
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4316/CC.2025.02.08
Published in:
Issue 2 (Vol. 31) / 2025
Publishing date:
2025-12-31
Pages:
481 - 500
Author(s):
Mariia Oliinyk, Erzsébet D. Molnár, Katalin Pallay, István D. Molnár, Marianna Marusynets
Abstract:
 The global refugee issue, including internally displaced people (IDPs), is a problem that is widening vertically and affecting an increasing number of communities and social strata, as the number of people forced to leave their homes has risen worldwide over the past decade. One of the main reasons for this growing trend is the Russian-Ukrainian war that broke out in February 2022, which forced millions of Ukrainian residents to leave their homes. A large number of IDPs arrived in Transcarpathia, the most western region of Ukraine. The primary aim of this research was to determine the number of people who have fled the country, the number of IDPs, and the circumstances of internal refugees arriving in Transcarpathia. During the research, we collected data from the UNHCR, the Ukrainian State Statistical Service, and the Transcarpathian Regional Military Administration. We also used a questionnaire-based survey (N=215) conducted between May and August 2022.

Keywords:
 Ukraine, Russia, War, Transcarpathia, internally displaced persons.




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