Tolerated stay and residence permit for humanitarian reasons in comparison with forms of public protection in Poland

The aim of the article is to prove that the Polish lawmaker groundlessly excluded two forms of protection: tolerated stay and residence permit for humanitarian reasons from among the forms of residence legalization included within the gamut of public protection forms of the legalization of foreigners' residence. A historical review of the development of forms of public protection in Poland will serve as a specification of the context of analysis. The article also examines rights and obligations assigned by administrative law to foreigners to whom public protection was granted as well as those foreigners who benefit from tolerated stay and residence permits for humanitarian reasons.