Closing Gates to Refugees: The Causes and Effects of the 2015 "Migration Crisis" on Border Management in Hungary and Poland

• Autorzy: Witold Klaus
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

In this paper, I demonstrate the process of treating asylum seekers and refugees as a dangerous enemy. Those two groups of immigrants find themselves at the receiving end of measures that infringe basic humanitarian laws and human rights, and are so inhumane that no one would ever dare to introduce them on their own citizens. Equating refugees with terrorists and prioritizing security constitute two pillars of the ruling parties' policy in Poland and Hungary. Apart from technical security measures (like fences), both governments adopt additional instruments to discourage migrants from coming or encourage them to leave (like creating obstacles to let them onto the territory of the country, refusing to grant them international protection, making their integration difficult or almost impossible). Such activity fulfils the definition of "Fortress Europe", which is not only about building stone walls or fences but about increasing control of every aspect of migrants' lives as well.(original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Migrant crisis; Refugees; Human rights; Consequences of migration; Immigration; Population migration; Migration policy; State boundaries

PL

Kryzys migracyjny; Uchodźcy; Prawa człowieka; Konsekwencje migracji; Imigracja; Migracja ludności; Polityka migracyjna; Granice państwa

• Czasopismo: Rocznik Instytutu Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej
• Rocznik: 2017
• Numer: Vol. 15, z. 3 Minorities, diasporas, refugees in contemporary Europe
• Strony: 11--34

Twórcy

autor

Witold Klaus

• Polska Akademia Nauk

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