Abstract. The displa­ce­ment of approxi­ma­tely eight million Ukrai­nians throu­ghout Europe since February 2022 has had a signi­fi­cant impact on migra­tion gover­nance, and sparked impor­tant discus­sions within migra­tion research. Leve­ra­ging novel data from the “Voice of Ukraine” (VOU) survey — a multi­fa­ceted longi­tu­dinal study of Ukrai­nian refu­gees deployed since June 2022 — we examine the migra­tory and socio-economic trajec­to­ries of this commu­nity in exile. We posit that the demo­gra­phic charac­te­ris­tics of Ukrai­nian refu­gees, and the asylum and inte­gra­tion poli­cies enacted by Euro­pean coun­tries of settle­ment, shape varia­tion in migra­tory deci­sions as well as inte­gra­tion outcomes. Our initial analyses of the VOU data show a surpri­sing migra­tory seden­ta­ri­ness follo­wing an initial sorting across Europe. They also reveal a poten­tial asso­cia­tion between poli­cies and socio-economic inte­gra­tion tied to housing, educa­tion, employ­ment, and personal finances. Our work sets the stage for further explo­ra­tion of the inter­play between refugee attri­butes and the legis­la­tive frame­works of host nations, shed­ding light on broader dyna­mics of forced displacement.

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