Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Central European Countries: Reality, Politics and the Creation of Fear in Societies

Klaus, Witold; Lévay, Miklós; Rzeplińska, Irena; Scheinost, Miroslav

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-72159-0_21

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“…Whilst many Polish citizens have benefited immensely from the freedom of movement, employment and retirement anywhere in other European Union (EU) countries (Coniglio & Brzozowski, 2016), in Poland, immigrants from the Middle East and Africa have very different experiences. The processes of differentiation experienced by immigrants are informed by intensive racialisation that resonates with restrictive immigration systems (Hollifield, 2000), increasing visibility of chauvinistic organisations (Klaus et al, 2018), and resistance from the public due to fears of globalisation and terrorism (Hellwig & Sinno, 2017). In certain circumstances, reactions toward immigrants are prejudiced by religious orientations (Narkowicz & Pędziwiatr, 2017) that have been extended to symbolic predisposition such as cultural preferences which drive racialisation of immigrants (Balogun, 2019a).…”

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Race and racism in Poland: Theorising and contextualising ‘Polish-centrism’

Balogun

2020

The Sociological Review

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Whilst scholarship has sought to consider migration in Poland, there has been a lack of engagement with the ways in which race and racism interact with migration. In this article, I map the figures in the Polish imaginary of European, and examine whether Poland has different, if related, histories of racial thinking. I ask how such histories have been conceived, shaped and mediated. To examine this, I focus on the lived experiences of sub-Saharan African immigrants and children of immigrants (Black/mixed-race) who are often portrayed as non-Europeans and seen by some as ‘not quite Polish’. In doing so, this article provides an insight into the racial contours of Polish self-conception. I call this logic ‘Polish-centrism’ – a focus on some aspects of Polish culture to the exclusion of a wider view of the world. It is within this logic that I examine what it means to be Black and Polish in Poland.

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Race and racism in Poland: Theorising and contextualising ‘Polish-centrism’

Balogun

2020

The Sociological Review

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“…However, on the contrary, some studies found that the societies of developed countries with high satisfaction with life have exclusionary attitudes towards refugees due to economic, political, and security reasons (Besley and Peters 2020;Dyduch-Hazar et al 2019). In some studies, when it comes to national issues such as security and politics, it was found that satisfaction with life is suppressed, albeit at a high level, and the perception of threat towards refugees increases rapidly (Besley and Peters 2020;Klaus et al 2018;Konukoglu et al 2020).…”

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“…The emergence of the names of members of certain religions through terrorist acts strengthens the perception of threat towards the members of that religion. Therefore, there is a perception of security and political threat, especially towards immigrant groups (Dunwoody and McFarland 2018;Klaus et al 2018;Lohrmann 2000). Although these approaches see refugees as a security and political threat, economic problems are often seen as a threat.…”

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The Effects of Religiosity and Socioeconomic Status on Social Distance towards Refugees and the Serial Mediating Role of Satisfaction with Life and Perceived Threat

Koçak

2021

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In every society, refugees face social and economic exclusion. In particular, social distance towards refugees may be seen remarkably in cities where host people and refugees live together intensely. This study examined essential predictors of social distance towards refugees: religiosity, socioeconomic status (SES), satisfaction with life, and threat perception towards refugees. A quantitative research strategy was used to collect cross-sectional data from 1453 individuals via an online questionnaire in Turkey. Confirmatory factor, correlation, regression, and mediation analyses were conducted. In this study, the effect of religiosity and socioeconomic status on social distance towards refugees and the serial mediation effects of satisfaction with life and threat perception towards refugees on this relationship were analyzed. Questions related to age, gender, marital status, education level, and having refugee neighbors or not were used as control variables. It was found that religiosity and SES were associated with social distance towards refugees. Furthermore, in the effect of religiosity and SES on social distance towards refugees, the serial mediating roles of satisfaction with life and threat perception towards refugees, respectively, were identified.

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“…Activists intervened against the treatment of mostly Chechen and Tajik refugees on the border between Poland and Belarus. For years, according to Klaus and colleagues, 'the border crossing in Terespol has been the primary location for the majority of applications for international protection submitted in Poland' (Klaus et al 2018).…”

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Rejecting refugees in illiberal Poland: The response from civil society

Follis

2019

Journal of Civil Society

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Since 2015, the European Union and its members have been responding to the increased arrivals of migrants and refugees at Europe's southern shores. The states and societies of East and Central Europe are rarely discussed in this context. Even though their governments support the overall EU policy objectives in the area of freedom, security and justice, they vocally refused to participate in EU 'burden sharing'. In this way these countries earned the label of uniquely xenophobic. This article seeks to complicate this perception by highlighing how civil society in Poland responded to the right-wing Polish government's anti-refugee stance. Through the lens of Aronoff and Kubik's concept of Legal Transparent Civil Society (LTCS) I examine the evolving relationship between the ruling Law and Justice party and civil society organisations, proposing that activities for the benefit of refugees offer an insight into the transformation of civil society in the emerging illiberal political system.

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Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Central European Countries: Reality, Politics and the Creation of Fear in Societies

Cited by 18 publications

References 4 publications

Race and racism in Poland: Theorising and contextualising ‘Polish-centrism’

Race and racism in Poland: Theorising and contextualising ‘Polish-centrism’

The Effects of Religiosity and Socioeconomic Status on Social Distance towards Refugees and the Serial Mediating Role of Satisfaction with Life and Perceived Threat

Rejecting refugees in illiberal Poland: The response from civil society

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