Who counts as a forced migrant? The EU and U.S. perspectives

• Authors: Misiuna Jan , Pachocka Marta

Title variants

PL

Kim jest migrant przymusowy? Podejście UE i USA

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The scope of this paper focuses on the issues of forced migration. We aim to present the approaches of the European Union and the United States of America towards defining who is a forced migrant. Our analysis is based on official documents and other works published by the EU and U.S. federal government. This study is a continuation of our papers from 2016-2017 devoted to different aspects of complex migratory reality in the EU and U.S. We conclude that understanding of forced migration by both entities as expressed in the language used (and changed in time) differs, therefore prudence is necessary when comparing their policies in this field.

PL

Ludzie uciekają przed różnymi zagrożeniami dla swojego życia i codziennej egzystencji, które mogą mieć podłoże zarówno w działaniach innych ludzi, jak i w czynnikach naturalnych. Migracje przymusowe są zjawiskiem globalnym, którego przejawem jest m.in. ostatni kryzys migracyjny i uchodźczy w Europie. Nie tylko UE musi wypracować kompleksowe podejście do migracji przymusowych. W podobnej sytuacji znajdują się również Stany Zjednoczone, które doświadczają rosnącej skali migracji przymusowych z Afryki, Bliskiego Wschodu, Azji Południowej oraz Ameryk Południowej i Środkowej. Celem niniejszego artykułu jest przedstawienie podejścia UE i USA do definiowania migranta przymusowego. W opracowaniu wykorzystano dorobek prawny i wybrane materiały publikowane przez UE i jej instytucje oraz przez amerykańskie instytucje rządowe pod kątem określonych pojęć wraz z ich definicjami, które odnoszą się do migracji przymusowych. Artykuł jest kontynuacją publikacji autorów z lat 2016-2017, poświęconych problematyce terminologii używanej do opisu poszczególnych wycinków rzeczywistości migracyjnej w UE i USA.

Keywords

EN

European Union (EU); Forced migrant; Forced migration; Refugees; United States of America (USA)

PL

migracje przymusowe; migrant przymusowy; Stany Zjednoczone Ameryki (USA); uchodźcy; Unia Europejska (UE)

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Katowicach
• Journal: Studia Ekonomiczne
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 361
• Pages: 33-42

Contributors

author

Misiuna Jan

• SGH Warsaw School of Economics. Collegium of Socio-Economics. Department of Political Studies

author

Pachocka Marta

• SGH Warsaw School of Economics. Collegium of Socio-Economics. Department of Political Studies

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2083-8611