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Discussion

The unprecedently huge group of the forced migrants in Europe since the WWII are Ukrainian families – who are dominantly mothers with their children (more than 65% and around 4.5mln). They are adapting in most EU countries, becoming assimilated to the local population on different levels. 

At the same time some of them stay more committed to their native culture, finding their way to maintain the norms and traditions of their previous everyday life in Ukraine. Ukrainian diaspora is fulfilling both the function of integration and keeping the ethnic identity, in those places, where it is the most active. 

In our survey we were focusing on how the refugee mothers who migrated abroad with their children find themselves in two years of their migration. In which identities they can describe themselves. The survey was conducted online among 4 groups of respondents from Poland, Germany, Spain and the UK in April-May 2024. 

The survey is a part of a research project ‘Changing identities and roles in Ukrainian families in 2022-2024’, which is supported by the British Academy and CARA (Researchers-at-Risk Program, 2023-2026).