Visegrad Countries in Comparative Perspective. An overview on the two-year research project Shelter Law-Making: Legal Response to the Massive Migration Caused by Russian Aggression Against Ukraine
The Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 triggered the largest forced migration in Europe since World War II. Millions of Ukrainians crossed international borders in search of safety, with the four Visegrad countries — Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia — situated on the front line of this displacement. In contrast to the 2015 migration crisis, which was characterised by arrivals from the Middle East and North Africa largely bypassing Central Europe, the present crisis has had a direct impact on the V4 region from both a demographic and a political perspective. The General Report, produced under the Visegrad Grant project, examines how these four countries responded legally, institutionally and practically to the unprecedented arrival of Ukrainian refugees.