This talk discusses the responses of Polish authorities and wider society to two phenomena of human mobility: the
arrival of refugees from the Middle East and North Africa on Poland's border with Belarus in 2021-22, and the
arrival of Ukrainians fleeing the war on the Polish-Ukrainian border in and after February 2022. The first of these
groups encountered hostility, while the latter received a compassionate welcome. I analyze these seemingly
disparate responses with reference to the shifting politics of border enforcement in the European Union, arguing
that the technocratic model of border control that dominated EU discourse and practices in the early 21st century
has now been exhausted.
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Wednesday, February 22
Europe Today Lecture Series: A Tale of Two Borders: Lessons from the Differential Enforcement of the Polish-Belarussian and the Polish-Ukrainian Frontiers
Time:
4:00 pm
Presenter:
Karolina Follis
Location:
Zoom
Streaming Link:
Sponsored by:
Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies and European Studies Center
Contact:
Pawel Lewicki
Contact Email:
pawel.lewicki@pitt.edu