The Card of the Pole: Evolution and Main Problems of Functioning in 2008–2021

Abstract

Many contemporary European countries have introduced legal instruments that are intended to establish and regulate the legal status of compatriots living abroad. In the Republic of Poland, a relevant act, “On the Card of the Pole,” was adopted in 2007. The following paper sheds a light on various issues regarding the scope of this bill, the subsequent amendments and the main problems of the functioning of this institution.