MOBILITY BETWEEN POLAND AND THE SOUTH CAUCASUS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF HISTORICAL TIES AND CURRENT POLICIES

• Autorzy: Jafarova Könül
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Poland has been facing increasing migration flows from the region of the South Caucasus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, which might be regarded as surprising since the countries are not geographically proximate; something which constitutes one of the factors for motivation to migrate in migration studies. That said, the overarching objective of this paper is to shed some light on the mobility between the South Caucasus and Poland and to attempt to demonstrate that the current increasing migration flows from Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia to Poland can in no way be regarded as a coincidence. This is implemented on the nexus of two perspectives: 1) the historical background of the relationships between Poland and the countries in the South Caucasus accompanied by culturally, politically, and socially motivated mobility that might serve as a ground for continued flows between the two, and 2) the current migration flows from the South Caucasus to Poland in the light of existing policies based on some available, yet limited, data. As a result of the literature review, it becomes evident that mobility between Poland and the region of the South Caucasus goes back to the period before the Russian Empire ruled the region, driven mostly by trade exchanges, missionary visits, and political exiles.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

POLAND; SOUTH CAUCASUS; MIGRATION

• Wydawca: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Social Sciences
• Czasopismo: Človek a spoločnosť. Internetový časopis pre pôvodné teoretické a výskumné štúdie z oblasti spoločenských vied
• Rocznik: 2022
• Tom: 25
• Numer: 1
• Strony: -

Twórcy

autor

Jafarova Könül

• Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Wroclaw, Poland,

Identyfikatory

DOI

doi.org/10.31577/cas.2022.01.599