Security First: The New Right-Wing Government in Poland and its Policy towards Immigrants and Refugees

Klaus, Witold

doi:10.24908/ss.v15i3/4.6627

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“…News media frequently perpetuate negative public opinion by representing displaced people as fundamentally ambivalent figures: they are both the ‘victims’ of a geopolitical conflict as well as ‘threats’ to the global order (Pupavac, ; Chouliaraki, ). The current climate regularly triggers xenophobia and increases the popularity of the far right (Skran, ; Frelick, ), potentially resulting in political ‘us–them’ discourses, based on stereotypes as the aforementioned (Klaus, ; Colombo, ), and more restrictive refugee policies (Betts, Loescher, and Milner, ).…”

Section: States and Refugee Protection: A Complex Relationshipmentioning

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Selling displaced people? A multi‐method study of the public communication strategies of international refugee organisations

Ongenaert

Joye

2019

Disasters

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The world has seen a major increase in forced displacement since 2011. As a growing number of states implement restrictive refugee policies, public communication has become essential for refugee organisations. This study analysed, therefore, three international refugee organisations’ discursive strategies towards the recent Syrian crisis, as well as their production and the social context. A critical discourse analysis of international press releases (N=122) and six semi‐structured interviews with press and regional officers revealed that the observed actors largely dehumanise displaced people and subordinate them to the ‘Western self’ and state interests; displaced people hardly ever acquire their own voice. The study found that the medium characteristics of press releases and the importance of media attention result in a depersonalising humanitarian discourse. In addition, there were indications of a post‐humanitarian discourse that reproduced the humanitarian sector's ‘marketisation’. Finally, the examined organisations use the political realist cross‐issue persuasion strategy, displaying displaced people as resettlement objects.

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Section: States and Refugee Protection: A Complex Relationshipmentioning

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Selling displaced people? A multi‐method study of the public communication strategies of international refugee organisations

Ongenaert

Joye

2019

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“…Examples of walls include Mexico‐United States (930 KM), Indo‐Bangladeshi (3,268 KM), Spain‐Morocco (19 KM) and Israel‐West Bank (708 KM)” (Diaz‐Barriga and Dorsey, : 1). More and more of them are also being created in Europe, which, in addition to physical barriers (as in Greece, Hungary or around Ceuta and Melilla – Spanish territories located in Africa), is also developing invisible borders by means of electronic surveillance systems using advanced technological means at sea borders (Cimadomo, ; Campesi, b) or land borders – a good example is the Polish–Ukrainian section of the EU external border equipped with an improved electronic surveillance system from the time when Poland joined the EU (IP/09/17; Klaus, : 526). Both of these systems work in synergy at the US–Mexico border (Newell et al., ; Walker, ).…”

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Examining the Global North Migration Policies: A “Push Out – Push Back” Approach to Forced Migration

Klaus

Pachocka

2019

International Migration

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In this paper we focus on adapting the concept of push – pull factors to forced migration by proposing a “push out – push back” approach that underlines two most crucial elements of forced migrants’ experience. On the one hand, it stresses the reasons for leaving countries of origin or of temporary refuge that are not dependant on the will of people who flew those places, thus the “push out” factors. On the other hand, it represents the refusal of the countries of the Global North to accept forced migrants and their use of various practices, amounting to “push back” factors, to prevent them from entering or leaving their territory if they manage to reach it. These factors can be divided into three groups: passive, active, and symbolic.

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“…Researchers note, however, that Poland is currently experiencing a distinct transition with regard to migration trends, and the term integration in the context of migration has become significant in the public debate (Łodziń ski & Grzymała-Kazłowska, 2011). Moreover, the situation in Europe since 2015 has attracted extensive media attention to these issues and political discourse has predominantly become focused on security, in which respect the government has proposed changes to the law (Klaus, 2017). Experts stress that since 2015 issues of migration have also become part of the political agenda in Poland, where a deepening of the symbolic and legal divide between "citizens" and "foreigners" is taking place, with increasing surveillance and control.…”

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Local Perspective on the Practices and Challenges of Migrant Integration

Winiarska

Wojno²

2018

HKJU-CCPA

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Poland is currently experiencing a transition with regard to migration trends. Foreign immigration, perceived until recently as a secondary issue by public administration, is on the increase. The largest groups of immigrants have traditionally included Ukrainians and the Vietnamese, although the country has not experienced a significant influx of foreigners arriving from Middle East and African countries. At present, Poland has no migration policy document in force and integrative actions are undertaken mostly by local governments, typically on an ad hoc basis. As Poland’s capital city, Warsaw plays a key role in governing diversity and implementing integrative actions. Significant challenges to immigrant integration include barriers to settlement and discrimination on the labour and housing market, along with a substantial rise in negative attitudes towards foreigners amongst members of Polish society. It is mainly this last aspect that is addressed by Warsaw’s local government, which prioritises educational and awareness-raising measures. It must be acknowledged that this is done in close cooperation with the non-governmental sector, where organisations with expertise in relevant fields are commissioned to perform many tasks. The main challenge of integrative actions at the local level is that these are mostly incoherent measures, which in most cases are not sufficient for the actual needs of immigrants. Hence, it is necessary to develop systemic solutions with sound, long-term financing. Moreover, in order for integration to be successful, it is essential to ensure the coordination of measures taken by public institutions at both central and local government level and to ensure the participation of immigrant communities in the development of public policies.

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Security First: The New Right-Wing Government in Poland and its Policy towards Immigrants and Refugees

Abstract: The so-called refugee crisis in 2015 coincided with the Polish parliamentary electoral campaign.

Cited by 33 publications

References 5 publications

Selling displaced people? A multi‐method study of the public communication strategies of international refugee organisations

Selling displaced people? A multi‐method study of the public communication strategies of international refugee organisations

Examining the Global North Migration Policies: A “Push Out – Push Back” Approach to Forced Migration

Local Perspective on the Practices and Challenges of Migrant Integration

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