Poland

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