The Polish authorities reversed their decision and granted a Ukrainian refugee woman a one-off benefit for the birth of a disabled child.
The woman had applied for a one-off pro-life (“za życiem”) benefit of PLN 4,000…
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Egyptian teenager imprisoned in detention centre – we file a complaint with the ECHR
The case concerns an Egyptian teenager who crossed the Polish-Belarusian border. When arrested by the Border Guard, he was a minor. Despite this, he was not recognised as an unaccompanied minor migrant. Both the Border G…
Refugee status in Poland for Iranian family
The Head of the Office for Foreigners, a first instance authority, granted refugee status to Mr and Mrs H., who came to Poland with their 8-year-old son. The family decided to apply for international protection because t…
The Polish government is working on changes to the Special Act and we reported some comments related to it
The Polish government is drafting changes to the Special Act on assistance to citizens of Ukraine in connection with the armed conflict on the territory of that country of 12th March 2022. Some of the proposed changes a…