%0 Journal Article
%T Non-governmental organisations’ activities in the context of the Polish-Belarusian border crisis (2021-2022)
%A Jurek, Krzysztof
%J Wschodnioznawstwo (Eastern Studies)
%V 2022
%R 10.4467/20827695WSC.22.009.16758
%N Volume 16
%P 123-138
%K Poland-Belarus border crisis, non-governmental organizations, humanitarian aid
%@ 2082-7695
%D 2022
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/wschodnioznawstwo/article/dzialalnosc-organizacji-pozarzadowych-w-kontekscie-kryzysu-na-granicy-polsko-bialoruskiej-2021-2022
%X 
	Non-governmental organisations, in the face of crises, play a key role, and their activities result in saving people’s lives and health, alleviating suffering and caring for their dignity and rights. This study identifies the legal conditions for the provision of humanitarian aid, and describes the actions taken by selected NGOs in the context of the Polish-Belarusian border crisis (2021-2022). Non-governmental organisations have offered material, legal or informational support (forms of aid that most often occur in the face of crises such as war). However, the crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border has its own specificity. The activities of the organisations and the state authorities were not linked, which was largely due to a different interpretation, including legal, of the situation.