The migration crisis as a tool of hybrid warfare – Analysis of selected cases at the borders of the European Union, in L'EUROPE UNIE/UNITED EUROPE PARIS, EU Enlargement and Resilience: Legal and Economic Reforms on Georgia's Path to Integration, L'Europe unie/United Europe - special volume - no 22/2025 Paris-Cluj Napoca / coord.: Mihaela Daciana Natea, Simion Costea. - Cluj-Napoca: Napoca Star, 2025, 174 pages. ISBN 978-630-354-001-6; PARIS: Print ISSN: 0248-2851, On line ISSN: 2743-4052 Linking ISSN (ISSN-L): 2743-4052, DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.36685.14562, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15109951,

22/2025 L'EUROPE UNIE/UNITED EUROPE PARIS, EU Enlargement and Resilience: Legal and Economic Reforms on Georgia's Path to Integration, L'Europe unie/United Europe - special volume - no 22/2025 Paris-Cluj Napoca / coord.: Mihaela Daciana Natea, Simion Costea. - Cluj-Napoca: Napoca Star, 2025, 174 pages. ISBN 978-630-354-001-6; PARIS: Print ISSN: 0248-2851, On line ISSN: 2743-4052 Linking ISSN (ISSN-L): 2743-4052, DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.36685.14562, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15109951, CEEOL - Journal Detail

• Author(s): Zbigniew Ciekanowski, Sławomir Żurawski, Marcin Oskierko
• Language: English
• Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, History
• Issue: 22/22/2025
• Page Range: 20-29
• No. of Pages: 10
• Keywords: security; border; crisis; migration; hybrid war
• Summary/Abstract: The aim of this research is to analyze the migration crisis as an element of contemporary hybrid warfare, with particular emphasis on its impact on the security of the European Union. The research focuses on the phenomenon of human smuggling through Poland, which in the geopolitical context is an example of activities in which criminal organizations are used to achieve the goals of third countries. The main problem was formulated: How is the migration crisis, especially organized crime, a tool of hybrid warfare, and what are the consequences of this phenomenon for the security of the European Union? Accordingly, a research hypothesis has been formulated that assumes that the migration crisis, including organized crime, affects political and social destabilization in the European Union countries, and its intensification is directly related to the actions of third countries that use this practice as a tool of hybrid warfare. The research was carried out using the analysis of documents and statistical data, taking into account reports of border services (Border Guard and Frontex) and the analysis of literature on the subject. In addition, the case study method was used in relation to selected cases of detained and revealed foreigners for crossing the state border contrary to the provisions of the law or attempting to cross the state border contrary to the provisions of the law. This analysis allows us to understand the mechanisms of action organized in the context of broadly understood hybrid warfare.