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SS2 December 2024

THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR SUPPORTING WAR REFUGEES FROM UKRAINE IN POLAND

Agata KOSIERADZKA-FEDERCZYK

Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw, Poland

Abstract: The outbreak of full-scale war in Ukraine resulted in the largest population migration after the Second World War. Poland, as a border country, had to respond to the challenges of the sudden influx of war refugees (around 3 million) within 2 months of the start of the war. It also must respond now, more than two and a half years after the outbreak of war, when there are more than 1 million Ukrainians on Polish territory.

The article presents the legal solutions introduced in response to the war migration. They concern the following areas: simplification related to legalisation of stay, facilitation of taking up employment and access to social benefits. As there are many children among the migrants, the last area concerns access to school education for Ukrainian children.

Keywords: Migration; law on migration; war on Ukraine; legalislation
Contact details of the authors:  

E-mail: a.federczyk@uksw.edu.pl

Institutional affiliation of the authors: Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw, Poland
Institutions address: Uniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie, ul. Dewajtis 5, 01-815 Warszawa, tel. 22 561 88 00, https://uksw.edu.pl/, rektorat@uksw.edu.pl

STUDIA SECURITATIS No. 2 2024-7-15