Migrant Resilience and Civic Solidarity in Wartime Odesa

Migrant Resilience and Civic Solidarity in Wartime Odesa

This article is published in collaboration with Rubryka.  Walking through Odesa’s markets, one can observe that the presence of migrants is deeply embedded in the city’s socio-economic life. In the iconic Privoz market, a 20-year-old youth from Uzbekistan, selling assortments of nuts, honey, and pomegranate, tells me he has been in Odesa for two years. His brother set him up with a job through Turkish-based intermediaries. He is looking forward …