• Racist Polish Teen Apologizes to Chechens

    May 31, 2011 | admin

    A young Polish teen was convicted of publicly insulting the Chechen population and incitement to ethnic hatred.

  • Exhibition of Photographs of Refugees in Lomza

    April 12, 2011 | admin

    Polish photographer Marek Maliszewski’s photo exhibition, “In the Middle of the Road” which depicts the lives of Chechen refugees in Łomża is opening on April 14th.

  • More Than One Thousand Negative Opinions Regarding Chechens

    January 27, 2011 | admin

    The Polish foundation, “Wiedza Lokalna” (Local Knowledge) monitored websites from the Podlaskie region for three years in order to conduct a project. Their report show that there are approximately 1,100 negative expressions regarding Chechens in the region.

  • Chechen Children Stand Up for Polish Children

    January 12, 2011 | admin

    According to an article in the Polish newspaper 4Łomża, a dance group made up of Chechen asylum seekers in Poland took the stage for a charity event in Łomża.

  • Chechen Asylum Seekers: “They do not want us as Gypsies”

    November 10, 2010 | admin

    According to publications from Gazeta Wyborcza, some refugee centers in Poland are being emptied of asylum seekers, as per the decision of the Office for Foreigners.

  • Refugee Center in Łomża is Closing

    October 27, 2010 | admin

    According to the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza, it is official that the refugee center in the city of Łomża, Poland is going to close, but the final decision about the other two refugee centers in Białystok will be declared on Friday.

  • Center for Refugees in Łomża is to be Closed

    April 14, 2010 | admin

    The Polish newspapers Gazeta Wyborcza and Gazeta Wspolczesna reported that the Center for Refugees in Łomża will be close in June 2010. And “Foundation Salvation (Fundacja Ocalenie)” published a statement on this issue.

  • Acts Against Chechen Refugees in Lomza

    April 1, 2010 | admin

    According to a news which was published at PolskaLokalna.pl‘s “Podlaskie” region, two local Polish youngs were arrested because they give out distributing stickers against Chechen asylum seekers in Łomża city of Poland.

  • New Racist Attack to Chechens in Poland

    September 30, 2009 | admin

    According to Gazeta Wyborcza, Bialystok edition of Gazeta Wyborcza, Radio Bialystok and a local Lomza news agency, Two Chechen women were attacked by a man with a hood  in the streets of Lomza, Poland. Chechens believe that the racist attack is connected it with a speech given by Lech Kolakowski, a MP (PiS), who wanted to liquidate a refugee camp in Lomza, Poland.

  • Chechen Behind A Fence

    June 21, 2009 | admin

    We present Jerzy Danielewicz’s article about the controversies over establishing refugee center in Katowice. The text was published in the weekly Polish magazine Polityka.