Publishing Institution: The Polish Institute of International Affairs / Topic: Refugee Issues

Author:: Damian Wnukowski
Publication Date:: 01-2016
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: The Polish Institute of International Affairs
Abstract:: Australia has a long history of immigration, including accepting refugees. Over the years, it has developed mechanisms and instruments that aim not only to help people in need but also to provide for the country’s stability and prosperity. However, in recent years some elements of Australia’s refugee policy, especially its approach towards the so-called boat people, have come under fire. Nevertheless, the solutions implemented by Australia should be part of the EU’s efforts to find ones useful for dealing with its current migration crisis.
Topic:: Human Welfare, Humanitarian Aid, Refugee Issues, Immigration, and European Union
Political Geography:: Australia

Author:: Pinar Elman
Publication Date:: 01-2016
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: The Polish Institute of International Affairs
Abstract:: Since the EU-Turkey deal on refugees on 29 November, there has not been a significant reduction in the numbers of migrants crossing into the EU from Turkey. One of the main reasons is probably lack of trust between Turkey and European Commission in their readiness to keep promises. EU can break the impasse by offering Schengen visa liberalisation but at the same time should use the accession negotiations to exert greater pressure on Ankara.
Topic:: Human Welfare, Migration, Politics, Refugee Issues, and European Union
Political Geography:: Turkey

Author:: Kinga Dudzińska, Jakub Godzimirski, and Roderick Parkes
Publication Date:: 09-2015
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: The Polish Institute of International Affairs
Abstract:: The migration and refugee situation in Eastern Europe receives comparatively little attention in the EU for a simple reason: the people displaced by the fighting in eastern Ukraine have tended to stay close to home or travel to Russia rather than head to the European Union. But eastern migration deserves attention. Migration issues, including questions of population loss, diaspora loyalty and border management, are gaining real geopolitical significance across Eastern Europe. Moreover, the EU’s technocratic efforts to leverage access to its labour markets in return for political reform in Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia are becoming increasingly politicised there. This paper therefore sets out some basic data on the issue. It takes as its case studies the receiving countries Norway and Poland, both located at the external border of the EU, EEA and Schengen zone and next to Russia, and pays special attention to the question of border management, including small border traffic and migration control, looking particularly at the gender dimension of migration.
Topic:: Economics, Migration, Politics, and Refugee Issues
Political Geography:: Ukraine and Eastern Europe

Author:: Patryk Sasnal
Publication Date:: 10-2015
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: The Polish Institute of International Affairs
Abstract:: Syrians constitute the biggest national group migrating to Europe in 2015, according to Frontex. Of all the social diversity within a single society, two generalised profiles of a Syrian refugee can be inferred from available information: a poorer, rural worker based in camps in Jordan, Turkey and Lebanon, and a richer, middle-class professional living outside of refugee camps, recently migrating to Europe via the Greece and Western Balkans route. While Europe has so far received the best of the Syrian society, poorer Syrians may also be on the move without an immediate and substantial improvement of educational infrastructure and their legal labour market status in host countries.
Topic:: Civil War, Economics, Migration, Poverty, Refugee Issues, and Infrastructure
Political Geography:: Syria

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