Illegal Crossing of the State Border in Light of Polish Criminal Law

The subject of this paper is the illegal crossing of the Polish border. The paper focuses on criminal law issues. To explain the element “in violation of the relevant regulations,” being one of the elements of the criminal offences regarding the illegal crossing of the state border, the author begins by presenting the significant regulations of the Schengen Borders Code and of the Polish statute on the protection of the state border. The author then makes a detailed analysis of offences concerning the unlawful crossing of the Polish border. The statute of limitations on punishability and provisions for the rehabilitation of offenders convicted of the illegal crossing of the Polish border are also the subject of the analysis. The author concludes by making the evaluation of Polish criminal law regulations on the illegal crossing of the state border