The Polish Society towards the Chechen Diaspora 1994-2020 Cover Image

Społeczeństwo polskie wobec diaspory czeczeńskiej 1994-2020
The Polish Society towards the Chechen Diaspora 1994-2020

Author(s): Daniel Boćkowski
Subject(s): Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Present Times (2010 - today), Migration Studies
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Chechens in Poland; Chechen refugees in EU; suspect community; moral panic; Poles towards political refugees and economic migrants; refugee crisis of 2015;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the present article is to find an answer to the question what made the Polish society change throughout the last twenty five years their attitude to the Chechens - from strong acceptance to almost outright rejection. It is also an attempt to assess the circumstances in which the Chechen diaspora began to be regarded as “suspect community” in Poland, and what was its impact on the attitude towards refugees during the migration crisis in 2015.

  • Issue Year: 52/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 333-348
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish