Bulgarian migration policy – contemporary challenges along the Balkan transit route

• Authors: Natalia Sienko

Title variants

PL

Bułgarska polityka migracyjna – współczesne wyzwania wzdłuż bałkańskiego szlaku tranzytowego

Abstracts

PL

Niniejszy artykuł stanowi skondensowaną próbę rozważań dotyczącą współczesnej roli Republiki Bułgarii w kontekście bałkańskiego szlaku tranzytowego oraz wyzwań dla zapewnienia bezpieczeństwa w regionie. Zasadnicze pytanie, na które próbuje odpowiedzieć autorka dotyczy wpływu mechanizmów regulacji przepływu imigrantów wprowadzanych przez poszczególne państwa w bliskim sąsiedztwie Bułgarii, jak również sposobu, w jaki kraj borykający się z wieloma problemami natury społecznej i ekonomicznej zabezpiecza granice przed niekontrolowanym napływem nielegalnej migracji.

EN

This article constitutes a condensed attempt to reflect on the contemporary role of the Republic of Bulgaria in the context of the Balkan transit route and challenges to ensure security in the region. The main questions the author addresses include the influence of the mechanisms of regulating the flow of immigrants introduced by individual countries in close proximity to Bulgaria, as well as the way in which the country struggling with many social and economic problems secures its borders against the uncontrolled inflow of the illegal migration.

Keywords

EN

Balkan transit route; migration policy; European migration crisis; EU-Turkey readmission agreement

PL

bałkański szlak tranzytowy; polityka migracyjna; europejski kryzys migracyjny; umowa o readmisji UE-Turcja

• Publisher: Akademia Wojsk Lądowych imienia generała Tadeusza Kościuszki
• Journal: Scientific Journal of the Military University of Land Forces
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 52
• Issue: 1(195)
• Pages: 76-86

Dates

published

2020

Contributors

author

Natalia Sienko

• Institute of International Studies, University of Wrocław, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0014.0262

Biblioteka Nauki

30145371