EU enlargement and immigration policy in Poland and Slovakia

Communist and Post-Communist Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 71-88

  Vermeersch, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Asylum policy; EU enlargement; European Union; Immigration; Poland; Slovakia

Indexed keywords

ASYLUM SEEKER; EUROPEAN UNION; ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; IMMIGRATION POLICY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND; SLOVAKIA; WORLD;

EID: 15344347452     PISSN: 0967067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postcomstud.2005.01.006     Document Type: Article

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