Quick Facts

Number of Detention Sites: 30 (2007-2008)

Annual No. of Deportations: 2,833 (2008)

Undocumented Population: 50,000-300,000 (2004)

Number of Asylum Seekers: 247 (end 2009)

Max. Length of Detention: One year (2010)

 

Last updated: December 2010

Poland Country links

Government

International organizations

NGOs and research institutions

Media

 

 

 

Government

 

Commissioner for Civil Rights Protection

http://www.rpo.gov.pl/index.php?s=3

 

Office for Foreigners

http://www.udsc.gov.pl/MAIN,PAGE,264.html

 

 

International organizations

 

International Labour Organization: Office for the European Union

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/eurpro/brussels/index.htm

 

IOM – Poland Country Information

http://www.iom.int/jahia/jsp/index.jsp

 

UNHCR Regional Representation for Central Europe

http://www.unhcr-budapest.org/

 

 

NGOs and research institutions

 

Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights

http://www.hfhrpol.waw.pl/en

 

La Strada Foundation

http://www.strada.org.pl/index_en.html

 

Nobody’s Children Foundation

http://www.strada.org.pl/index_en.html

  

Polish Migration Forum

http://www.forummigracyjne.org/en/

 

The Halina Niec Legal Aid Center

http://www.pomocprawna.org/indexeng.html

 

Warsaw University Centre of Migration Research

http://www.migracje.uw.edu.pl/index.php/Main/HomePage

 

 

Media

 

Polish Press Agency – English-language News Service

http://ens.pap.pl/demo/index.html

 

Polish Press Review

http://polishpress.wordpress.com/

  

Polish Refugee Newspaper

http://www.refugee.pl/?LANGVER=en