Integration Policies, Practices & Experiences: POLAND Country Report
Integration Policies, Practices & Experiences: POLAND Country Report

Karolina Sobczak-Szelc, Marta Pachocka, Konrad Pędziwiatr, Justyna Szałańska | University of Warsaw

This report focuses on integration policies towards beneficiaries of international protection in Poland in the period of 2011-2019. It also sheds light on the experiences of integration of the beneficiaries of such protection. The findings of our research indicate that the case of Poland is characterised by lack of official integration strategy. Several legal acts deal with different aspects of integration policy (narrowed to those concerning the beneficiaries of international protection) yet to a varying degree and not specifically devoted to it. In general, beneficiaries of international protection are granted equal rights with Polish citizens in the areas of access to labour market, education, healthcare, and housing.

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Integration PoliciesRESPOND Horizon2020University of Warsaw, PolandComment
Following the refugee relocation scheme: Ideological interpretations of interstate shared responsibility in Romania
Following the refugee relocation scheme: Ideological interpretations of interstate shared responsibility in Romania

Raluca Bejan | Dalhousie University

The number of irregular migrant entries within the European Union (EU) increased by 546% in 2015. Sea arrivals totaled 1,015,078 in 2015, 362,753 in 2016, and 172,301 in 2017. No policy has adequately addressed this humanitarian crisis, partially because of the deep ideological divisions within the EU regarding the implementation of the 2015 refugee relocation scheme.

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Consequences & ResponsesRESPOND Horizon2020Dalhousie University, RomaniaComment
Refugee Protection Regimes: Comparative Report
Refugee Protection Regimes: Comparative Report

Ela Gökalp Aras, Zeynep Şahin Mencütek - Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul | Evangelia Papatzani, Nadina Leivaditi, Electra Petracou - University of the Aegean

This comparative report is based on the RESPOND country reports [deliverable D3.1] that discusses the developments regarding legislation, policy measures and practices on refugee protection, but most importantly the implementation aspect in ten countries covered by the project (Austria, Germany, Greece, Iraq, Italy, Lebanon, Poland, Sweden, Turkey and the United Kingdom) for the 2011-2019 period. This report aims to provide a comparative analysis of refugee protection, emphasising the implementation aspect as drawn from the experiences and perceptions of meso and micro level actors. In doing so, the report offers analytical insights for evaluating the implications of the dynamics of refugee protection, which has undergone many changes since 2011.

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Protection Regimes, Comparative ReportRESPOND Horizon2020Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul, University of the Aegean, Austria, Iraq, Italy, Poland, Lebanon, Germany, Greece, Sweden, Turkey, UKComment