%0 Journal Article
%T „Undesirable Persons” in Polish-Swedish Relations. „It May Be About Gypsies”
%A Fiałkowska, Kamila
%J Migration Studies – Review of Polish Diaspora
%V 2023 (XLIX)
%R 10.4467/25444972SMPP.23.047.19638
%N Vol. 4 (190)
%P 213-232
%K Roma, undesirable persons, evictability, migration, Sweden
%@ 2081-4488
%D 2024
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/smpp/article/osoby-niepozadane-w-relacjach-polsko-szwedzkich-moze-tu-chodzic-o-cyganow
%X The article focuses on a lesser-known aspect of the history of Polish migration to Sweden, considering the consequences of the 1981 pogrom in Oświęcim, which resulted in the eviction of a group of Polish Roma from Poland and their simultaneous deprivation of {Polish citizenship. This littleknown migration episode, analysed using documents gathered in the archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MSZ), forms the basis for the analysis and discussion of the processes of racializing so-called “undesirable persons.” The author places these considerations in the context of centurieslong actions by states and their violence against Roma communities. Additionally, the article References literature on the problematization of Roma migration in Europe. The text expands knowledge about institutional practices towards Polish Roma, considering them as a systemically marginalized community against which the state tested various tools of oppression, stigmatization, and exclusion from the community of citizens.