Realistic measures to protect the rights and security of an immigrant on the Belarusian border from the perspective of the Law on Foreigners, the Law on the Protection of Foreigners and acts of international law Cover Image

Realne środki ochrony uprawnień i bezpieczeństwa imigranta na pograniczu białoruskim z perspektywy ustawy o cudzoziemcach, ustawy o ochronie cudzoziemców i aktów prawa międzynarodowego
Realistic measures to protect the rights and security of an immigrant on the Belarusian border from the perspective of the Law on Foreigners, the Law on the Protection of Foreigners and acts of international law

Author(s): Jarosław Walentynowicz, Joanna Hetnarowicz-Sikora
Subject(s): International Law, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Government/Political systems, Security and defense, Migration Studies, Asylum, Refugees, Migration as Policy-fields, Comparative Law
Published by: Polska Akademia Umiejętności / Krakowski Instytut Prawa Karnego Fundacja
Keywords: refugees; crisis; legal protection of refugees; Polish-Belarusian border; state of emergency; restrictions on rights and freedoms;

Summary/Abstract: The refugee crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border related to the appearance on the border of a significant number of people who were brought to the territory of Belarus and then directed to the territory of Poland in an organized manner by Belarusian services led to a number of actions by, among others, Polish authorities, the legal aspects of which required urgent elaboration. This article addresses the issue of realistic measures to protect the rights and security of an immigrant on the Belarusian border from the perspective of the Law on Foreigners, the Law on the Protection of Foreigners and acts of international law. Statutory instruments for the protection of foreigners arriving in Poland are contained in a number of relevant legal acts. Among them, the most important are: the Law on Granting Protection to Foreigners on the Territory of the Republic of Poland, the Law on Foreigners, the Law on the Border Guard, the Law on the Protection of the State Border and others of lesser importance. In addition, relevant international conventions and rulings of tribunals, including the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, are also in force in the Polish legal system with regard to foreigners’ cases

  • Issue Year: 26/2022
  • Issue No: 3-4
  • Page Range: 69-112
  • Page Count: 44
  • Language: Polish