Displaced persons, refugees and migrants frequently endure sexualized violence on their journeys. Nationalist ideologies exploit women's vulnerability to fortify national identity, fuelling debates charged with racism and sexism amid a global rightward shift. Concerns arise over the treatment of LGBTIQ+ individuals fleeing persecution and the recognition of sexualized violence for asylum. Many discussions on flight and migration reveal a lack of understanding of gender-based violence complexities.
This analysis examines epistemological presuppositions, concepts and theories, Russia's war in Ukraine, flight and migration from Ukraine, sexualized violence in the Hamas-Israel conflict, and offers an outlook on agency and human flourishing in postmigrant societies. Questions of belonging, exclusion, and integration polarize societies. Postmigrant ideologies prompt a re-evaluation of norms, privileges, and migrants' rights. "Post" in post-migrant is not just temporal; it signifies a critical review of migration narratives.