Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki will leave for Brussels on Thursday, where at the EU summit he will deliver a speech including: on Poland’s lack of consent to the forced relocation of migrants. “I will propose how migration policy in the European Union should be built in the interests of the entire EU,” stressed the Prime Minister. In a two-day European Council summit starting on Thursday, EU leaders will discuss Russia’s war against Ukraine and the EU’s ongoing support for Ukraine, as well as the economy, security and defence, migration and external relations.

When asked if he would reach the top of these anti-immigration barricades and start calling for the closure of Poland’s borders to immigrants from Africa, Asia, etc., Kosiniak-Kamysz replied: “We put forward, in my opinion, a very good amendment, for the government to join with the European Union The European Union to get money to keep Ukrainians in Poland, so that the European Union supports Poland.

He recalled that we have accepted more than 1 million refugees permanently, several million have passed through our territory, we provide various kinds of assistance and benefits, so he expects “government intervention and the government getting money from Brussels to keep Ukrainians in Poland.”

He emphasized that “there is no agreement for automatic relocation.” “And not just me, but all of us. There is no need to hold any referendum, because all you need to do is go outside the suburbs of Warsaw, talk to the people and 90 percent of the people are against forced relocation,” said the leader of the People’s Party.

He said, “The European Commission turned a blind eye to what Poland had done in the field of humanitarian aid, that there was no humanitarian disaster, no refugee camps, that we received the largest number of war refugees after World War II. , and we also passed the efficiency test.” “A big thank you to the organizations, to the regional government, to all the public services that participated in this and to the Polish people. In fact, the Polish people deserve the Nobel Peace Prize, collectively, as a community,” he stressed.

“Right now, it would be unfair not to fight for money to support Ukrainians in Poland, for entrepreneurs, for local government communities. I will put the greatest emphasis on this today,” said Kosiniak-Kamysz.

When asked whether such a request should be made in Brussels today, Prime Minister Morawiecki replied: “Yes, such a request.” He recalled that the Czech government asked to exclude them from the “European solidarity” mechanism because of the number of Ukrainians they accepted.

The interior ministers of EU countries took a negotiating position regarding the reform of migration regulations in the EU. This position will form the basis of negotiations between the Presidency of the Council and the European Parliament. Poland and Hungary chose not to support the so-called migration agreement. The so-called migration pact includes, among other things: a system of “obligatory solidarity”. This means that although “no Member State will be obliged to carry out relocations”, “the minimum number of annual relocations will be set starting from the Member States where the majority of the population enters the EU, to Member States that are less exposed to such arrivals”. .

This number was set at 30,000. “The minimum amount of annual financial contribution will be set at EUR 20,000 for relocation. “This number can be increased if necessary, and situations where the need for solidarity is not expected in a particular year will also be taken into account,” the statement said. EU Council press release. This de facto means, as a top EU diplomat participating in the negotiations explained to the PAP, there is a choice between the relocation of migrants and equal payments if there is no willingness to accept them.

In mid-June, the Sejm adopted a resolution expressing opposition to the EU mechanism for the relocation of illegal migrants, requiring the government to firmly oppose the proposal. PiS President Jarosław Kaczyński stated in the Sejm that the issue of migrant relocation in the European Union should be the subject of a referendum. (PAP)

author: Katarzyna Krzykowska

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