Problematyka uchodźców (migrantów) z Bliskiego Wschodu i Afryki Północnej w kampanii parlamentarnej z 2015 roku. Analiza stanowisk

Abstract

The issue of refugees (migrants) from North Africa and the Middle East constituted one of the leading themes in the election campaign for the Polish Parliament in 2015. This issue dominated other important issues of Polish foreign policy. Alongside the significance of the particular parties’ attitudes towards the Russian- Ukrainian conflict, it became one of the determinants of the support or lack of the support for the parties seeking seats in the elections. Due to its exceptional highlight in the media and the sensitivity of the matter (aspects of humanitarian aid and widely taken cultural tolerance), the issue became so significant that it was a convenient argument for the right-wing party to turn its attention to the subjects of strengthening the country’s safety and securing national identity of the Polish people. This article is therefore dedicated to the analysis of the positions of individual electoral committees in the matter of the migration crisis and the attempt to answer the question of whether and to what extent the positions taken by political leaders in the matter of accepting refugees from the Middle East and Africa affected the outcome of the parliamentary elections.