Maciej Grześkowiak
@mgrzeskowiak.bsky.social
Max Weber Fellow at @eui-eu.bsky.social.
Migration and asylum law, mobility justice, critical border studies.
Migration and asylum law, mobility justice, critical border studies.
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'Temporary protection' leaves Ukraine refugees in limbo and liable to rightwing backlash
In the fourth year of the Ukraine war, the very features of the EU's "temporary protection" that made it such a convenient instrument for tackling rapid, large-scale displacement can now be seen as fl...
euobserver.com
Temporary protection was the EU's quick fix for Ukrainians in 2022. Over 3 years later, it has become a trap—legal limbo shaped by Brussels’ and Member States' politics. I expand on this issue and recent developments in my @euobserver.com op-ed. Have a read!
euobserver.com/migration/ar...
euobserver.com/migration/ar...
Join us tomorrow at the @eui-eu.bsky.social or online for a discussion on the EU–Belarus border crisis. We’ll be talking about its humanitarian and environmental toll, as well as the law and politics shaping it.
Friday, 28/11/2025, 13:30 CET.
Registration: www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
Friday, 28/11/2025, 13:30 CET.
Registration: www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
Hybrid warfare or humanitarian crisis? Politics, law, and humanity on the EU–Belarus border
Organised by the Eastern Europe as Laboratory of Change Working Group, this event features a discussion on humanitarian crisis.
www.eui.eu
November 27, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Join us tomorrow at the @eui-eu.bsky.social or online for a discussion on the EU–Belarus border crisis. We’ll be talking about its humanitarian and environmental toll, as well as the law and politics shaping it.
Friday, 28/11/2025, 13:30 CET.
Registration: www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
Friday, 28/11/2025, 13:30 CET.
Registration: www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
Reposted by Maciej Grześkowiak
The EU–Belarus border in focus at @eui-eu.bsky.social!
Join us on 28 November (in person or online) for an interdisciplinary panel on the humanitarian, legal & political dimensions of the crisis.
Shedding light on what the EU and member states prefer to keep invisible.
www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
Join us on 28 November (in person or online) for an interdisciplinary panel on the humanitarian, legal & political dimensions of the crisis.
Shedding light on what the EU and member states prefer to keep invisible.
www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
Hybrid warfare or humanitarian crisis? Politics, law, and humanity on the EU–Belarus border
Organised by the Eastern Europe as Laboratory of Change Working Group, this event features a discussion on humanitarian crisis.
www.eui.eu
November 13, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The EU–Belarus border in focus at @eui-eu.bsky.social!
Join us on 28 November (in person or online) for an interdisciplinary panel on the humanitarian, legal & political dimensions of the crisis.
Shedding light on what the EU and member states prefer to keep invisible.
www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
Join us on 28 November (in person or online) for an interdisciplinary panel on the humanitarian, legal & political dimensions of the crisis.
Shedding light on what the EU and member states prefer to keep invisible.
www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
The EU–Belarus border in focus at @eui-eu.bsky.social!
Join us on 28 November (in person or online) for an interdisciplinary panel on the humanitarian, legal & political dimensions of the crisis.
Shedding light on what the EU and member states prefer to keep invisible.
www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
Join us on 28 November (in person or online) for an interdisciplinary panel on the humanitarian, legal & political dimensions of the crisis.
Shedding light on what the EU and member states prefer to keep invisible.
www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
Hybrid warfare or humanitarian crisis? Politics, law, and humanity on the EU–Belarus border
Organised by the Eastern Europe as Laboratory of Change Working Group, this event features a discussion on humanitarian crisis.
www.eui.eu
November 13, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The EU–Belarus border in focus at @eui-eu.bsky.social!
Join us on 28 November (in person or online) for an interdisciplinary panel on the humanitarian, legal & political dimensions of the crisis.
Shedding light on what the EU and member states prefer to keep invisible.
www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
Join us on 28 November (in person or online) for an interdisciplinary panel on the humanitarian, legal & political dimensions of the crisis.
Shedding light on what the EU and member states prefer to keep invisible.
www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
Reposted by Maciej Grześkowiak
The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants has published a report on the externalisation of migration and its implications under international law. The report is highly critical of many current practices by states of the Global North and the EU as such. Points of note:
October 16, 2025 at 8:16 AM
The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants has published a report on the externalisation of migration and its implications under international law. The report is highly critical of many current practices by states of the Global North and the EU as such. Points of note:
The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants has published a report on the externalisation of migration and its implications under international law. The report is highly critical of many current practices by states of the Global North and the EU as such. Points of note:
October 16, 2025 at 8:16 AM
The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants has published a report on the externalisation of migration and its implications under international law. The report is highly critical of many current practices by states of the Global North and the EU as such. Points of note:
Reposted by Maciej Grześkowiak
Poland reportedly to be deemed “under migratory pressure” and exempted from solidarity under the Migration Pact — yet another step in the EU’s appeasement of hawkish, anti-immigration policies pushed by the ostensibly liberal government.
notesfrompoland.com/2025/10/11/p...
notesfrompoland.com/2025/10/11/p...
Poland says it will be exempted from EU migrant relocations
notesfrompoland.com
October 14, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Poland reportedly to be deemed “under migratory pressure” and exempted from solidarity under the Migration Pact — yet another step in the EU’s appeasement of hawkish, anti-immigration policies pushed by the ostensibly liberal government.
notesfrompoland.com/2025/10/11/p...
notesfrompoland.com/2025/10/11/p...
Poland reportedly to be deemed “under migratory pressure” and exempted from solidarity under the Migration Pact — yet another step in the EU’s appeasement of hawkish, anti-immigration policies pushed by the ostensibly liberal government.
notesfrompoland.com/2025/10/11/p...
notesfrompoland.com/2025/10/11/p...
Poland says it will be exempted from EU migrant relocations
notesfrompoland.com
October 14, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Poland reportedly to be deemed “under migratory pressure” and exempted from solidarity under the Migration Pact — yet another step in the EU’s appeasement of hawkish, anti-immigration policies pushed by the ostensibly liberal government.
notesfrompoland.com/2025/10/11/p...
notesfrompoland.com/2025/10/11/p...
Reposted by Maciej Grześkowiak
Temporary protection was the EU's quick fix for Ukrainians in 2022. Over 3 years later, it has become a trap—legal limbo shaped by Brussels’ and Member States' politics. I expand on this issue and recent developments in my @euobserver.com op-ed. Have a read!
euobserver.com/migration/ar...
euobserver.com/migration/ar...
'Temporary protection' leaves Ukraine refugees in limbo and liable to rightwing backlash
In the fourth year of the Ukraine war, the very features of the EU's "temporary protection" that made it such a convenient instrument for tackling rapid, large-scale displacement can now be seen as fl...
euobserver.com
September 29, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Temporary protection was the EU's quick fix for Ukrainians in 2022. Over 3 years later, it has become a trap—legal limbo shaped by Brussels’ and Member States' politics. I expand on this issue and recent developments in my @euobserver.com op-ed. Have a read!
euobserver.com/migration/ar...
euobserver.com/migration/ar...
A highly recommended deconstruction of the notion of ‘migrant instrumentalisation’ by @alexandraancite.bsky.social. Used to legitimise blanket denial of rights, the notion continues to shape EU asylum law, despite contradicting CJEU jurisprudence.
democracyinstitute.ceu.edu/articles/ale...
democracyinstitute.ceu.edu/articles/ale...
Aleksandra Ancite-Jepifánova: Unpacking the “Migrant Instrumentalisation” Narrative: Law and Politics of Refugee Exclusion at the EU-Belarus Border | CEU Democracy Institute
democracyinstitute.ceu.edu
October 8, 2025 at 9:34 AM
A highly recommended deconstruction of the notion of ‘migrant instrumentalisation’ by @alexandraancite.bsky.social. Used to legitimise blanket denial of rights, the notion continues to shape EU asylum law, despite contradicting CJEU jurisprudence.
democracyinstitute.ceu.edu/articles/ale...
democracyinstitute.ceu.edu/articles/ale...
Temporary protection was the EU's quick fix for Ukrainians in 2022. Over 3 years later, it has become a trap—legal limbo shaped by Brussels’ and Member States' politics. I expand on this issue and recent developments in my @euobserver.com op-ed. Have a read!
euobserver.com/migration/ar...
euobserver.com/migration/ar...
'Temporary protection' leaves Ukraine refugees in limbo and liable to rightwing backlash
In the fourth year of the Ukraine war, the very features of the EU's "temporary protection" that made it such a convenient instrument for tackling rapid, large-scale displacement can now be seen as fl...
euobserver.com
September 29, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Temporary protection was the EU's quick fix for Ukrainians in 2022. Over 3 years later, it has become a trap—legal limbo shaped by Brussels’ and Member States' politics. I expand on this issue and recent developments in my @euobserver.com op-ed. Have a read!
euobserver.com/migration/ar...
euobserver.com/migration/ar...
After a much-needed post-PhD break, I’m excited to be back in a new role: since 1 September, I’ve joined the @eui-eu.bsky.social as a Max Weber Fellow. I’m genuinely thrilled to continue working on issues of migration and asylum in this extraordinary place.
September 8, 2025 at 10:58 AM
After a much-needed post-PhD break, I’m excited to be back in a new role: since 1 September, I’ve joined the @eui-eu.bsky.social as a Max Weber Fellow. I’m genuinely thrilled to continue working on issues of migration and asylum in this extraordinary place.
W @okopressrss.plsky.eu napisałem o toksyczności debaty politycznej o migracji i o związanych z tym zagrożeniach.
Kampania się skończyła. Skala fałszu o migracji w postulatach obu kandydatów osiągnęła nowe szczyty - https://oko.press/kampania-migracja-skala-falszu-szczyty
Kampania się skończyła. Skala fałszu o migracji w postulatach obu kandydatów osiągnęła nowe szczyty
Migracja jest koniecznością. Tymczasem wzbudzanie lęku dotyczy już nie tylko migracji nieregularnej, ale także tej w pełni legalnej.
oko.press
June 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
W @okopressrss.plsky.eu napisałem o toksyczności debaty politycznej o migracji i o związanych z tym zagrożeniach.
“What are human rights for, if not to protect the rights of foreign criminals?” A highly recommended read by @silviasteininger.bsky.social.
Many thanks to @verfassungsblog.de for asking me to comment on the Danish-Italian public letter to the ECtHR. 1. I argue that this is neither new nor unprecedented but 2. it is deeply troubling as it aims to strip away human rights protections from migrants
➡️ verfassungsblog.de/letter-human...
➡️ verfassungsblog.de/letter-human...
What Are Human Rights For?
verfassungsblog.de
June 3, 2025 at 12:13 PM
“What are human rights for, if not to protect the rights of foreign criminals?” A highly recommended read by @silviasteininger.bsky.social.
Reposted by Maciej Grześkowiak
Here it is: #PhDone.
Yesterday I defended my thesis: “The Gap Between the Principle of Temporary Refuge and Asylum: How the International Refugee Regime Perpetuates Emergencies.”
What a ride it’s been at the University of Warsaw. Onwards to what comes next!
Yesterday I defended my thesis: “The Gap Between the Principle of Temporary Refuge and Asylum: How the International Refugee Regime Perpetuates Emergencies.”
What a ride it’s been at the University of Warsaw. Onwards to what comes next!
May 15, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Here it is: #PhDone.
Yesterday I defended my thesis: “The Gap Between the Principle of Temporary Refuge and Asylum: How the International Refugee Regime Perpetuates Emergencies.”
What a ride it’s been at the University of Warsaw. Onwards to what comes next!
Yesterday I defended my thesis: “The Gap Between the Principle of Temporary Refuge and Asylum: How the International Refugee Regime Perpetuates Emergencies.”
What a ride it’s been at the University of Warsaw. Onwards to what comes next!
Here it is: #PhDone.
Yesterday I defended my thesis: “The Gap Between the Principle of Temporary Refuge and Asylum: How the International Refugee Regime Perpetuates Emergencies.”
What a ride it’s been at the University of Warsaw. Onwards to what comes next!
Yesterday I defended my thesis: “The Gap Between the Principle of Temporary Refuge and Asylum: How the International Refugee Regime Perpetuates Emergencies.”
What a ride it’s been at the University of Warsaw. Onwards to what comes next!
May 15, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Here it is: #PhDone.
Yesterday I defended my thesis: “The Gap Between the Principle of Temporary Refuge and Asylum: How the International Refugee Regime Perpetuates Emergencies.”
What a ride it’s been at the University of Warsaw. Onwards to what comes next!
Yesterday I defended my thesis: “The Gap Between the Principle of Temporary Refuge and Asylum: How the International Refugee Regime Perpetuates Emergencies.”
What a ride it’s been at the University of Warsaw. Onwards to what comes next!
Imagine refugee rights being as exciting to the Commission as smuggling prevention. Only one ensures ‘order’, though.
EU Commission challenges Hungary in CJEU for allegedly breaching EU law on migrant smuggling
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
May 7, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Imagine refugee rights being as exciting to the Commission as smuggling prevention. Only one ensures ‘order’, though.
@echr.coe.int granted interim measures and ordered Poland not to remove a migrant to Belarus! This is the first such case following the “suspension” of the right to seek asylum along the Polish-Belarusian border. Strong indication as to (il)legality of such laws
interwencjaprawna.pl/en/european-...
interwencjaprawna.pl/en/european-...
European Court of Human Rights orders Poland not to remove migrant to Belarus - Association for Legal Intervention
On 3 April 2025, the European Court of Human Rights granted interim measures (Rule 39) in the case of A.T.T. v. Poland, ordering the Polish authorities not to remove the applicant to Belarus until 28 ...
interwencjaprawna.pl
April 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
@echr.coe.int granted interim measures and ordered Poland not to remove a migrant to Belarus! This is the first such case following the “suspension” of the right to seek asylum along the Polish-Belarusian border. Strong indication as to (il)legality of such laws
interwencjaprawna.pl/en/european-...
interwencjaprawna.pl/en/european-...
Reposted by Maciej Grześkowiak
The Trump administration's assault on the rule of law is increasingly focusing on institutions of knowledge and law.
VICKI C. JACKSON (@harvard.edu) on a "multipronged attack", why knowledge institutions are crucial for democracies - and why it is time to resist.
verfassungsblog.de/education-de...
VICKI C. JACKSON (@harvard.edu) on a "multipronged attack", why knowledge institutions are crucial for democracies - and why it is time to resist.
verfassungsblog.de/education-de...
March 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The Trump administration's assault on the rule of law is increasingly focusing on institutions of knowledge and law.
VICKI C. JACKSON (@harvard.edu) on a "multipronged attack", why knowledge institutions are crucial for democracies - and why it is time to resist.
verfassungsblog.de/education-de...
VICKI C. JACKSON (@harvard.edu) on a "multipronged attack", why knowledge institutions are crucial for democracies - and why it is time to resist.
verfassungsblog.de/education-de...
This has been a long time coming, but here it is: the Polish government—the same one that pledged to restore the rule of law—has just suspended the constitutional right to seek asylum. And it did so through executive action, bypassing procedures meant to regulate restrictions on human rights.
March 27, 2025 at 8:55 AM
This has been a long time coming, but here it is: the Polish government—the same one that pledged to restore the rule of law—has just suspended the constitutional right to seek asylum. And it did so through executive action, bypassing procedures meant to regulate restrictions on human rights.
W książce wydanej z okazji 35-lecia urzędu Rzecznika Praw Obywatelskich napisałem o napięciu między ochroną czasową a trwałymi formami ochrony uchodźców (statusem uchodźcy i ochroną uzupełniającą).
To temat kluczowy w kontekście przedłużającej się obecności uchodźców z 🇺🇦 w 🇵🇱. Zachęcam do lektury.
To temat kluczowy w kontekście przedłużającej się obecności uchodźców z 🇺🇦 w 🇵🇱. Zachęcam do lektury.
March 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
W książce wydanej z okazji 35-lecia urzędu Rzecznika Praw Obywatelskich napisałem o napięciu między ochroną czasową a trwałymi formami ochrony uchodźców (statusem uchodźcy i ochroną uzupełniającą).
To temat kluczowy w kontekście przedłużającej się obecności uchodźców z 🇺🇦 w 🇵🇱. Zachęcam do lektury.
To temat kluczowy w kontekście przedłużającej się obecności uchodźców z 🇺🇦 w 🇵🇱. Zachęcam do lektury.
Poland’s bill suspending the right to asylum has just passed the Senate (the upper chamber of the Parliament) without amendments. Now it’s only a matter of days before the President signs it into law. I break down why this is unprecedented for the EU in @euobserver.com
euobserver.com/migration/ar...
euobserver.com/migration/ar...
Poland's ban on asylum — a new low
On 21 February, Polish MPs overwhelmingly voted in favour of a mechanism for the suspension of the right to submit asylum applications. The measure is quite clearly at odds with the Polish constitutio...
euobserver.com
March 13, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Poland’s bill suspending the right to asylum has just passed the Senate (the upper chamber of the Parliament) without amendments. Now it’s only a matter of days before the President signs it into law. I break down why this is unprecedented for the EU in @euobserver.com
euobserver.com/migration/ar...
euobserver.com/migration/ar...
@ec.europa.eu has published the draft of the new EU Return Regulation. As expected, it marks another restrictive shift in EU migration and asylum law. Most notably, the Regulation will:
1. Introduce ‘return hubs’—think of the UK-Rwanda deal as a template; 🧵
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
1. Introduce ‘return hubs’—think of the UK-Rwanda deal as a template; 🧵
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Commission proposes a new Common European System for Returns
Today, the European Commission is proposing to establish a Common European System for Returns with swifter, simpler and more effective return procedures across the EU. Announced by President von der L...
ec.europa.eu
March 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
@ec.europa.eu has published the draft of the new EU Return Regulation. As expected, it marks another restrictive shift in EU migration and asylum law. Most notably, the Regulation will:
1. Introduce ‘return hubs’—think of the UK-Rwanda deal as a template; 🧵
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
1. Introduce ‘return hubs’—think of the UK-Rwanda deal as a template; 🧵
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Kolejna część cyklu reportaży Tomasza Słomczyńskiego o dzieciach z granicy polsko-białoruskiej. Ważna to lektura, choć niełatwa.
Poprzednie części można znaleźć na dole artykułu.
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Minister "rozważa" i "dostrzega". A dzieci nadal znikają
Rzecznik praw obywatelskich i rzecznik praw dziecka we wspólnym apelu do premiera upomnieli się o los dzieci uchodźczych. Pełną ogólników odpowiedź dostali po trzech miesiącach. Zapytaliśmy o tę odpow...
tvn24.pl
March 6, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Kolejna część cyklu reportaży Tomasza Słomczyńskiego o dzieciach z granicy polsko-białoruskiej. Ważna to lektura, choć niełatwa.
Poprzednie części można znaleźć na dole artykułu.
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Poprzednie części można znaleźć na dole artykułu.
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W TVN24 ukazuje się cykl reportaży poświęconych dzieciom z granicy polsko-białoruskiej. Miałem okazję udzielić redaktorowi Tomaszowi Słomczyńskiemu obszernego komentarza podczas prac nad tymi materiałami. Kolejne efekty jego pracy zostaną zaprezentowane jutro.
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"Trudno przyjąć, że przepychanie na Białoruś, w nocy, w lesie, to działanie w interesie dziecka"
Zgodnie z przepisami Straż Graniczna może nastoletniego uchodźcę umieścić w zamkniętym, strzeżonym ośrodku przypominającym więzienie. Może go też zawieźć do placówki opiekuńczo-wychowawczej i po prost...
tvn24.pl
March 5, 2025 at 9:18 AM
W TVN24 ukazuje się cykl reportaży poświęconych dzieciom z granicy polsko-białoruskiej. Miałem okazję udzielić redaktorowi Tomaszowi Słomczyńskiemu obszernego komentarza podczas prac nad tymi materiałami. Kolejne efekty jego pracy zostaną zaprezentowane jutro.
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Great analysis by @alexandraancite.bsky.social. I would add one point: while one might theoretically imagine a finding of ‘no violation’ of Art. 4 Prot. 4 due to an expansive reading of the ND & NT exception, there must be a violation of Art. 3 if the Court takes its absolute character seriously.
In February, I attended #ECtHR Grand Chamber hearings in three #EU-Belarus border cases involving alleged “migrant #instrumentalisation”. In my latest piece for @verfassungsblog.de I show why #Latvian, #Lithuanian & #Polish arguments cannot justify any derogations from #asylum seekers' rights.
The ECtHR recently heard three cases involving pushbacks in the context of Belarus' alleged migrant instrumentalisation.
ALEKSANDRA ANCITE-JEPIFÁNOVA on why the Court must resist the attempt to undermine the Convention’s human rights protections in this context.
verfassungsblog.de/eu-belarus-b...
ALEKSANDRA ANCITE-JEPIFÁNOVA on why the Court must resist the attempt to undermine the Convention’s human rights protections in this context.
verfassungsblog.de/eu-belarus-b...
March 3, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Great analysis by @alexandraancite.bsky.social. I would add one point: while one might theoretically imagine a finding of ‘no violation’ of Art. 4 Prot. 4 due to an expansive reading of the ND & NT exception, there must be a violation of Art. 3 if the Court takes its absolute character seriously.