Ukrainian Immigration to Poland
Ukrainian Immigration to Poland
Author(s): JOANNA LESKA-ŚLĘZAKSubject(s): Migration Studies, Asylum, Refugees, Migration as Policy-fields
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej
Keywords: immigration; Polish migration policy; Ukrainians;
Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to analyse the immigration of Ukrainians to Poland against the background of changing migration policy . It contains the thesis that changes in Polish migration policy are a consequence of demographic problems as well as those related to the needs of the labour market . Numerous legal regulations facilitating Ukrainian immigrants’ settlement and work in Poland have been introduced since 2015 . Poland’s openness to visitors from Ukraine after the outbreak of the war on its territory was confirmed in the Act of 12 March 2022 on assistance to Ukrainian citizens in connection with the armed conflict on the territory of that country . Currently, there are approximately 3 .2 million Ukrainians in Poland, including 2 .2 million in the areas of the Union of Metropolises of Polish Cities .
Journal: Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Sklodowska, sectio M – Balcaniensis et Carpathiensis
- Issue Year: 8/2023
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 151-162
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English