Two waves of post-war relocations to Poland didn't solve the problem of the Polish Diaspora in the Soviet Union. Cenzus data showed the presence over one million of persons of Polish nationality. From 1990 relocations are held exclusively by virtue of Polish regulations. The act passed in 2000 on the repatriation didn't meet expectations of Poles associated with mass immigration from the Asian part of former Soviet Union. In 2010 a civil bill arose about the return of Poles victimised by Soviet authorities from the Asian part of former Soviet Union. The project obliges Polish authorities for bigger involving in the relocations process.
The aim of the article is to provide key statistical data concerning Polish repatriation policy and the repatriation process. The author begins with information on the total number of people of Polish descent who were repatriated under the Repatriation Act, the repatriates’ place of settlement in Poland and their household structure. The next section looks at the financial support from the state budget granted to the repatriates, the local governments organizing repatriation and employers offering jobs to repatriates. In the final section the author examines the factors that stimulate repatriation to Poland.
The aim of the article is to introduce the legal framework of Polish repatriation policy and evaluate the national repatriation program. The first section of the paper reviews Polish repatriation law, with main focus on the Repatriation Act. Next, the author presents the outcomes of the repatriation program (mainly the issues related to social adaptation and financial assistance), its main obstacles and drawbacks. In the final section the proposals for revision of repatriation policy (legislative initiatives and experts’ proposals) are discussed.
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