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Migration Policy in Eastern Europe: The Case of Poland and Hungary

Author : Ewa Rokicka

Published in: Immigration Policy and Crisis in the Regional Context

Publisher: Springer Singapore

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Abstract

This article is an attempt to answer the question of in what spheres the migration policy of the Eastern part of the EU, and more specifically Poland and Hungary, are in conflict with the policy of Western Europe. Based on empirical research conducted in Poland and Hungary, as well as on analysis of newspaper publications, this article discusses Hungarian and Polish migration policies towards refugees, Muslims and asylum seekers. Against a background of “migration crisis” events, the article analyses how the Hungarian and Polish governments responded to the influx of refugees and points to the reasons and consequences of such a reaction.

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