Transformation of the migration policy of Greece in 2019-2021

• Authors: Patrycja Lipold

Title variants

PL

Transformacja polityki migracyjnej Grecji w latach 2019-2021

Abstracts

PL

Celem artykułu jest przedstawienie szeregu działań podjętych przez Grecję, które skoncentrowane były na ograniczeniu presji migracyjnej oraz wykazanie, że działania te przyniosły skutek w postaci mniejszej liczby nieregularnych migrantów docierających do greckich wybrzeży. Hipoteza ta testowana jest za pomocą analizy poszczególnych rozwiązań, wprowadzanych przez rząd Kiriakosa Mitsotakisa w okresie 2019-2021 z częściowym uwzględnieniem 2022 roku. Wnioski wskazują, że państwo może skutecznie obniżyć presję migracyjną oraz nieregularny napływ migrantów poprzez podejmowanie określonych działań legislacyjnych oraz aktywną ochronę granicy. Efekty działań rządu greckiego widoczne były już w 2020 roku, a ich dowodem była nie tylko niższa liczba migrantów, ale również przekierowanie szlaku migracyjnego w kierunku Włoch oraz na Cypr. Artykuł wnosi wkład w badania dotyczące współczesnej, nieregularnej migracji do Unii Europejskiej i wskazuje na możliwości, jakimi dysponuje państwo pierwszego wjazdu w celu ograniczenia wysokiej presji migracyjnej.

EN

The aim of the article is to present a series of measures taken by Greece that focused on reducing migratory pressures and to demonstrate that these measures resulted in fewer irregular migrants reaching the Greek coast. This hypothesis is tested by analyzing individual solutions introduced by the government of Kiriakos Mitsotakis in the period 2019-2021, partially taking into account 2022. The conclusions indicate that the state can effectively reduce the migratory pressure and irregular inflow of migrants by undertaking specific legislative actions and active border protection. The effects of the Greek government’s actions were already visible in 2020, and their proof was not only the lower number of migrants, but also the redirection of the migration route towards Italy and Cyprus. The article contributes to research on contemporary, irregular migration to the European Union and indicates the possibilities that the country of first entry has at its disposal in order to reduce high migratory pressure.

Keywords

EN

Greece; migration pressure; migration policy; Mitsotakis Kiriakos

PL

Grecja; presja migracyjna; polityka migracyjna; Mitsotakis Kiriakos

• Publisher: Akademia Wojsk Lądowych imienia generała Tadeusza Kościuszki
• Journal: Scientific Journal of the Military University of Land Forces
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 55
• Issue: 3(209)
• Pages: 206-229

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

author

Patrycja Lipold

• Centre for Security Studies, War Studies University, Warsaw, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0053.8962

Biblioteka Nauki

29521131