Unequal refugeeness : Race, gender, and co-belligerence from Poles in colonial Africa to Ukrainians in Poland

DOI zum Zitieren der Version auf EPub Bayreuth: https://doi.org/10.15495/EPub_UBT_00008670
URN to cite this document: urn:nbn:de:bvb:703-epub-8670-3

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Lingelbach, Jochen:
Unequal refugeeness : Race, gender, and co-belligerence from Poles in colonial Africa to Ukrainians in Poland.
In: Journal of Refugee Studies. (December 2025) . - feae089.
ISSN 1471-6925
DOI der Verlagsversion: https://doi.org/10.1093/jrs/feae089

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Project title:	Project's official title Project's id EXC 2052: Africa Multiple: Reconfiguring African Studies 390713894 Open Access Publizieren No information
Project financing:	Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

Abstract

Refugee-receiving states do not live up to the universalist ideals of international refugee legislation but are selective and discriminatory. The case of Poland’s acceptance of Ukrainians while simultaneously building a border wall to keep out non-Ukrainians is an obvious case. Based on historical research on the British Empire’s policies towards European refugees, this article looks into a comparable moment when governments made an exception to their established anti-refugee policy and accepted certain groups of refugees. The British colonial administration in East Africa rejected Jewish refugees but accepted a specific group of Poles during the Second World War. This exception under war conditions was legitimized with an emphasis on the group’s gender, race, and connection to the co-belligerent Polish army. They were the white women and children of the Polish male soldiers fighting with the British against the Axis. The recent welcome for Ukrainian refugees in Poland followed similar lines of argumentation.

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Item Type:	Article in a journal
Keywords:	race; Poland; colonialism; Ukraine; war; history; refugees
DDC Subjects:	900 History and geography > 900 History 900 History and geography > 960 History of Africa
Institutions of the University:	Faculties > Faculty of Cultural Studies > Chair History of Africa Research Institutions > Collaborative Research Centers, Research Unit > EXC 2052 - Africa Multiple: Afrikastudien neu gestalten Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Cultural Studies Research Institutions Research Institutions > Collaborative Research Centers, Research Unit
Language:	English
Originates at UBT:	Yes
URN:	urn:nbn:de:bvb:703-epub-8670-3
Date Deposited:	20 Nov 2025 14:29
Last Modified:	20 Nov 2025 14:30
URI:	https://epub.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/8670

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