Regularyzacja statusu nielegalnych imigrantów w Unii Europejskiej
Regularisation of the Status of Illegal Immigrants in the European Union

Summary/Abstract: The article introduces the Polish reader to the English concept of regularisation (Fr. régularisation, Ger. Regularisierung), its meaning and scope in immigration law, encouraging the use of the term ‘‘regularyzacja’’ as its Polish equivalent and explaining the differences between this concept and the ones used interchangeably in Polish literature of the subject, namely ‘‘legalizacja’’ (legalisation), ‘‘abolicja’’ (abolition) and ‘‘amnestia’’ (amnesty). As opposed to the latter three, regularisation consists in granting an illegal immigrant the right of residence and other rights connected with it, among others the right to take up employment. Over the last decades some of the member states of the European Union have been implementing regularisation of the status of illegal immigrants who are staying on their territory. However, opinions on such schemes vary and the conclusions that follow from the conducted surveys are unequivocal. For this reason it seems justified to analyze diverse aspects of the regularization operations – their reasons and legal grounds, as well as the character and type of measures taken within their framework, their scale and results.

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