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Poland
Population:
NFP: Ministry of the Interior and Administration
Involvement:
Since 2006
The main migration policy instruments in Poland:
Non-exhaustive list of key policy documents in the area of migration:
- National policies and legislation:
- Consult Poland’s national law database.
- Consult recent publications of the European Migration Network.
- EU legislation:
- Consult the adopted EU legislation on Migration and Home Affairs
- Ratified international treaties:
- 1991: ratification of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol.
- 2003: ratification of the 2000 Protocols on Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants.
The main ministries in charge of migration affairs in Poland:
- Ministry of the Interior and Administration: Together with its subordinate authorities it is the main body dealing with migration affairs, including immigration (entry, residence); the asylum procedure and the reception of asylum seekers; border management and irregular migration; return and repatriation.
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs: visa and consular affairs; foreign cooperation on migration policy.
- Ministry of Labour and Social Policy: labour migration; integration policy.
Sources:
- European Committee of the Regions (2016): Division of Powers. Poland - Immigration and Asylum (last accessed: 7.12.2018). https://portal.cor.europa.eu/divisionpowers/Pages/Poland-Immigration.aspx
- European Migration Network (2011): Institutional Framework for Immigration and Asylum Policies. https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/sites/homeaffairs/files/what-we-do/networks/european_migration_network/reports/docs/emn-studies/asylum-migration/20._poland_institutional_chart_version_december_2011_en.pdf
- United Nations DESA-Population Division and UNICEF (2014): Migration Profiles - Common Set of Indicators. https://esa.un.org/MigGMGProfiles/Indicators/indicators.HTM
Last update: December 2018
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