POLISH REPATRIATION POLICY AFTER 1989–CONDITIONS, COURSE AND FORECASTS
POLISH REPATRIATION POLICY AFTER 1989–CONDITIONS, COURSE AND FORECASTS
Author(s): Paweł HutSubject(s): History, Political history, Social history
Published by: Facultatea de Studii Europene -Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai
Keywords: Poles in USSR; repatriation policy; repatriation; remigration; Polish Charter;
Summary/Abstract: This article describes the process of repatriation back to Poland originating in the former Soviet Union and contemporary post-Soviet republics that emerged after the fall of the USSR. Over 3 Mln. Poles were living in the USSR (mainly in Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine), as Polish communist authorities organized two waves of mass repatriation, accounting for over 1,5 Mln. Poles. By contrast, after 1989, more precisely between 1991 and 2018, only ca. 3,5 thousand Poles were subject to repatriation, a situation that needs to be analyzed in the context new migration opportunities opened up by Poland’s EU accession.
Journal: Online Journal Modelling the New Europe
- Issue Year: 2020
- Issue No: 33
- Page Range: 91-110
- Page Count: 19
- Language: English
