A/HRC/53/26/Add.1
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
21 April 2023
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Fifty-third session
19 June–14 July 2023
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Visit to Poland
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of
migrants, Felipe González Morales*
Summary
The present report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Felipe
González Morales, contains the findings on his visit to Poland from 12 to 15 July and from
21 to 25 July 2022. The main objective of the visit was to assess existing laws, policies and
practices in relation to migration governance in the country and their impact on the human
rights of migrants of all categories, including asylum-seekers and migrants in an irregular
situation. He also examined the situation at the border between Poland and Belarus. With
that same objective, he conducted a brief visit to Belarus from 16 to 20 July 2022, the findings
of which are available in a separate addendum to the main report of the Special Rapporteur
(A/HRC/53/26/Add.2).
* The summary of the present report is being circulated in all official languages. The report itself,
which is annexed to the summary, is being circulated in the language of submission only.
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