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…
Council of Europe expresses doubts over Poland’s (non-)implementation of an ECHR judgement regarding the situation on the Polish-Belarusian border
In mid-February, we presented an opinion to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe regarding the current situation on the Polish-Belarusian border (available HERE). There, we criticised the Polish government…
Poland has failed to comply with the ECHR judgement and contributed to deterioration of the situation at the Polish-Belarussian border – SIP`s intervention
The Polish government claims that it has fully complied with the decision made by the European Court of Human Rights in case M.K. and others versus Poland in which the Court pointed out multiple infringements of human ri…
Provincial Administrative Court (WSA): prerequisites for a humanitarian residence permit should be examined even if the migrant is outside Poland
With a judgment of October 18, 2023 (ref. no. IV SA/Wa 1416/23), the Provincial Administrative Court in Warsaw (WSA) annulled the appealed decision of the Head of the Office for Foreigners (UdsC) and the preceding decisi…