Beyond the Focus on Europeanisation: Polish Migration Policy 1989-2004

摘要

In this article I analyse Polish migration policy development after 1989, with the aim of contributing to developing research on migration policies in the Central and Eastern European (CEE) region. Starting from the early stages of migration policy formulation at the beginning of the 1990s, the article first provides a brief overview of EU-driven policy developments, and then goes beyond the prevailing focus on Europeanisation in migration policy and points to other issues of importance for Polish migration policy analysis. These include Poland's visa policy towards its Eastern neighbours, its policy of silent tolerance of the irregular employment of foreigners in Poland, and issues of repatriation and emigration.