Poland

Country Report

Country Report: Poland Last updated: 15/07/25

Author

Independent

This report was written by Karolina Rusiłowicz (Asylum Procedure, Content of International Protection), in collaboration with Ewa Ostaszewska-Żuk, advocate at the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR) (Detention of Asylum Seekers, Content of International Protection), Zuzanna Kaciupska (Reception Conditions, Content of International Protection) and Maja Łysienia (legal counsel – radca prawny) (Temporary Protection), with the support of Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights and Association for Legal Intervention, and was edited by ECRE.

This report draws on information provided by the Office for Foreigners, the Border Guard, the Refugee Board, Voivods, and NGOs in writing and in oral interviews.

The information in this report is up-to-date as of 31 December 2024, unless otherwise stated.

All conversions from zloty to EUR on based on the exchange rate of the European Commission as of December 2024.

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To access the updated report, you can navigate through the table of contents on the right end side or download the full report (in PDF) above.

Table of contents

  • Statistics
  • Overview of the legal framework
  • Overview of the main changes since the previous report update
  • Asylum Procedure
  • Reception Conditions
  • Detention of Asylum Seekers
  • Content of International Protection
  • ANNEX I – Transposition of the CEAS in national legislation