From Reception to Integration of Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Poland

• Main Authors: Sobczak-Szelc, Karolina, Pachocka, Marta, Pędziwiatr, Konrad, Szałańska, Justyna, Szulecka, Monika
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Routledge 2023; Taylor and Francis; Multiple Funders; Taylor & Francis
• Edition: 1
• Series: Routledge Advances in European Politics
• Subjects: Central / national / federal government policies; Comparative Politics; European Politics; European Studies; European Union Politics; Immigration Policy; Migration & Diaspora; Politics and government; Local Labour Offices; Internal EU Border; refugees; Eastern Europe; borders; forced migration; Asylum Applicants; Border Guards; Refugee Status; EU's External Border; Chechen Women; Asylum Procedure; NGO Sector; asylum seekers; PLN; Polish Belarusian Border; Minor Asylum Seekers; Poland; UN; NGO Expert; Public Administration; NGO Representative; immigration; immigration policy; International Protection; Subsidiary Protection; refuge; Polish Language; Admitting Asylum Seekers; public policy; EU; Family Support Centre; European Union; NGO; migration; EU Member States; Dublin Regulation
• ISBN: 9781032051505; 9781032051550; 1032051558; 1032051507; 1003196322; 1000811344; 9781003196327; 9781000811346
• DOI: 10.4324/9781003196327

This book sheds light on the complex experiences of asylum seekers and refugees in Poland, against a local backdrop of openly anti-refugee political narratives and strong opposition to sharing the responsibility for, and burden of, asylum seekers arriving in the EU. Through a multidimensional analysis, it highlights the processes of forced migrant admission, reception and integration in a key EU frontier country that has undergone a rapid migration status change from a transit to a host country. The book examines rich qualitative material drawn from interviews conducted with forced migrants with different legal statuses and with experts from public administration at the central and local levels, NGOs, and other institutions involved in migration governance in Poland. It discusses both opportunities for and limitations on forced migrants’ adaptation in the social, economic, and political dimensions, as well as their access to healthcare, education, the labour market, and social assistance. This book will be of particular interest to scholars, students, policymakers, and practitioners in migration and asylum studies, social policy, public policy, international relations, EU studies/European integration, law, economics, and sociology.