Policy Papers
26.02.2026
Migration and Belarusian EU Accession
This chapter addresses a practical question with clear policy stakes for the European Union: what would Belarusian accession mean for migration, demography, and labour markets in the EU—and for Belarus itself? The analysis takes a comparative, evidence-led approach because choices on free movement, sequencing, and safeguards are most credible when grounded in what has actually happened elsewhere.
This research was co-funded by the European Union. Its contents are the sole responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union