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Poland: Information on what happens to individuals repatriated since the new regime took power. What laws are recognized by the new regime with relations to those who defected before the change of government?

Publisher Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Author Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada
Publication Date 1 July 1990
Citation / Document Symbol POL6317
Cite as Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Poland: Information on what happens to individuals repatriated since the new regime took power. What laws are recognized by the new regime with relations to those who defected before the change of government?, 1 July 1990, POL6317, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6acce74.html [accessed 17 October 2022]
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According to the attached information from External Affairs, "there are no penalties for return to Poland after an illegal departure or for overstaying a legal departure." The IRBDC has no further information on this subject at the present time.

ATTACHMENTS:

External Affairs, "Emigration/Family Visit Regulations: Eastern Europe", 19 March 1990.

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