Transnarodowe dzieciństwo: dzieci-imigranci we współczesnej Polsce – przegląd literatury

Anzhela Popyk , Marta Buler

Abstract

The discussion about the immigrant children appears more and more often in a Polish discourse. The trend of the migration has been changing from a temporary to the permanent. Long term migration is often characterized by the family reunification and moving together. Family migration increases the number of the immigrant children coming to Poland. Regarding the change of the demographic and cultural situation in a host country, some changes have been introduced to help the immigrants experience a smooth adaption and integration process. Those changes were implemented on both state (migration and educational policies, determination of a legal stay) and local (multicultural education at schools, integration programmes and support to the immigrants) levels. Although the percentage of the immigrant children in polish school is relatively low, still many researchers and scholars are interested in it. This article presents different aspects and approaches towards the transnational childhood and the situation of the immigrant children in contemporary Poland. It summarizes three levels of analysis of young new-comers adaptation process: macro, mezzo and micro.