[10] The Greeks settled predominantly in the cities and towns of Zgorzelec, Bielawa, Dzierżoniów, Jelenia Góra, Legnica, Lubań, Niemcza, Świdnica, Wałbrzych and Wrocław in south-western Poland, and in Bielsko-Biała, Gdynia, Katowice, Kraków (in the Nowa Huta district), Szczecin and Warsaw.

Two years later it moved to Wrocław and was renamed in 1953 Nikos Beloyannis Union of Political Refugees from Greece (Polish: Związek Uchodźców Politycznych z Grecji im.

[16] In his essay, published by the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, professor Slawomir Lodzinski states: At present, the full legal protection is limited to this national minorities which are groups of Polish citizens, are “old”, “native” and on non-immigrant origin.

[17] Answering a question by Brunon Synak, President of the Kashubian-Pomeranian Association, at a meeting organized by the Council of Europe in 2002, Mr. Dobiesław Rzemieniewski, Head of the National Minorities Division in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration, explained that Greeks are "not classified as national minorities since they do not meet the requirement of being traditionally domiciled on the territory of the Republic of Poland".

[2] Dudra concluded that:[2] The Greeks fulfil all the conditions set out in the Act of 2005 (Article 2, section 1, points 1-6) for the recognition of a given social group as a national minority.

Among other things, they are a group smaller in number than the rest of the population of the Republic of Poland; they are significantly different from other citizens in terms of language, culture or tradition; they strive to preserve their language, culture and traditions; they are aware of their own historical ethnic community and are oriented towards expressing and protecting it, i.a., through the activities of socio-cultural associations; they are aware of their own historical ethnic community and are oriented towards expressing and protecting it, i.a., through the activities of socio-cultural associations.