Children and youth Key cases News Returns 2020 Border Police Children and youth Returns family life health residence on humanitarian grounds

Decision: the family of a seriously ill person should not be deported

If the family of a seriously ill migrant was to be forced to return to their home country, it would infringe that migrant’s right to family life and personal life, particularly if a member of that family needs to be cons…
Children and youth Integration Key cases News Returns 2020 Border Police Children and youth children` rights residence on humanitarian grounds

Decision: opinion of the Polish Border Guard’s psychologist could have led to the wrongful deportation of children

Private psychologist opinions indicated that, deportation to the country of origin would break peer ties that children had, not without a difficulty, established. It could lead to their loss of security and, in consequen…
Children and youth Key cases News Returns 2020 Border Police Children and youth Returns children` rights family life residence on humanitarian grounds

Decision: Religious relationships constitute a family life.

Common raising children from a previous partner’s relationship and remaining in a religious (Muslim) relationship with her entitles to obtain a humanitarian residence permit in Poland in order to protect the right to fam…
Advocacy Migration Mazovian Voivodeship Office procedural safeguards 2020 Head of The Office for Foreigners Refugee Board Migration Refugees procedural safeguards residence on humanitarian grounds

SIP proposes to improve the operating of migration and asylum authorities during COVID-19

The Association for Legal Intervention (SIP) submitted, under the procedure of complaints and motions, a proposal that the Head of the Office for Foreigners and the Mazovian Voivode should send a text message to migrant…
Children and youth Key cases News Returns 2020 Border Police Children and youth Returns children` rights family life residence on humanitarian grounds

Decision: Identification with Polish culture prevents from deportation

Issuing a return decision for a family could have significant impact on the development of children who are fully integrated and identify with Polish society and its culture. Protecting children’s rights, as well as thei…
Children and youth Issues Returns 2020 Border Police Children and youth Refugees children` rights family life residence on humanitarian grounds

Decision: Child’s best interest when a parent is suspected of being a threat to public security

Border Guard, in the procedure for granting residence permit for humanitarian reasons, must examine whether the obligation to return would not violate the right to family life and rights of the child, and whether the mig…
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Decision: re-socialized migrant is not a threat to public security or safety

A father of four, who was successfully re-socialized, is not a threat to public security or safety eight years after the commitment of crimes. His deportation would be an unjustified interference in his right to a family…
Children and youth Key cases Returns 2019 Border Police Head of The Office for Foreigners Children and youth Returns children` rights residence on humanitarian grounds

Decision: deportation could violate children`s rights

Deportation could violate children rights to the extent that threatens their psychophysical development. Children were in Poland for over five years. They fully integrated into the Polish society planning their future in…