Immigrants’ Rights Protection Point is open every first Monday of the month from 16.00 to 20.00 at CWII (Immigrant Support Centre).
They provide help people who experience discrimination on the basis of their nationality.
Discrimination in the workplace:
- Incomprehensible contracts
- Problems with payments
- Illegal work
- Lack of health and safety standards
- Lack of a written tenancy agreement
- Unreasonably large deposits
- Landlords not returning security deposits
Personal safety:
- Violence
- Verbal abuse in the workplace or in public places
- Problematic communication with the police (e.g. when they do not provide a translator)
Discrimination at school:
- Not enough extracullicular classes or preparation courses for children
Discrimination at public offices:
- Officials leaving cases unreviewed, denying you access to your own files, rejecting applications, demanding documents not mentioned in the official list of requirements
Discrimination in health and care services
- Denying you medical help or a medical examination because you do not have a PESEL number
- Problems with getting a disability certificate
They also provide help to people who have been living in Poland with children under 18 and after a few months are still waiting for their residence card, as well as those exploited by fraudulent recruiters or job agencies.
Centrum Wsparcia Imigrantów i ImigrantekGdyńskich Kosynierów 11 Lok. 1
Gdansk, Poland
Email: centrum@cwii.pl
cwii.pl
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