Published
Mar 28, 2025Page count
192 pagesISBN
978-1447373629Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy PressPublished
Mar 28, 2025Page count
192 pagesISBN
978-1447373612Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy PressPublished
Mar 28, 2025Page count
192 pagesISBN
978-1447373643Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy Press
Sheltering Strangers
This book documents the intimate lives of Ukrainians as they fled their homeland in search of a safe and stable place to stay. The critical memoirs follow the lives of 16 Ukrainian families in a small Spanish town near Madrid and the local families that volunteered to host them during a time of limited state support and clear EU plan for the refugees.
Through first-hand testimonies, social media messages and photographs, the book reveals the scarring realities of the Ukrainians’ upheaval, displacement and trauma alongside the well-meaning sacrifices made by the host families which quickly mutate into moralistic and meritocratic expectations of their new guests.
In doing so, the book offers a vivid portrayal of how the tensions of war and displacement play out in real life in real time.
“Daniel Briggs provides a challenging ethnographic account of Ukrainian refugees and their Spanish hosts, set against the backdrop of war. This is essential reading.” Anthony Lloyd, Teesside University
“Daniel Briggs provides a challenging ethnographic account of Ukrainian refugees and their Spanish hosts, set against the backdrop of war. This is essential reading.” Anthony Lloyd, Teesside University
Daniel Briggs is a Professor of Criminology and Sociology at Northumbria University.
1. The End at the Beginning
2. Escaping the 'Occupiers'
3. "We Are Not Refugees! We Are Occupiers!"
4. Work, Study and Cultural Integration
5. Strained Relations and Trending 'Solidarity'
6. Pastures New and War Sirens Old
7.In Search of Slava Ukraїni
