Poland wants to refuse asylum: We will not respect the EU’s views that harm security

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The Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk, said that the strategy developed by his government to combat illegal migration provides for a temporary ban on asylum; he hopes that the European Union will recognize this decision;

Source: Tusk is at the conference of his Civic Platform party in Warsaw on Saturday, writing “European reality” per Bloomberg

Details: Announcing the presentation of the strategy “Take back control, ensure safety”Tusk said that one of his elements is “a temporary territorial suspension of the right to asylum, and I will call for the recognition of this decision in Europe.” “

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“We know very well how it is used by Lukashenko and Putin, by smugglers, smugglers, traffickers – how the right to asylum is used directly against the essence of the right to asylum,” he said.

Tusk sure, referring specifically to him EU Migration and Asylum Agreementthat Poland “will not respect any European ideas and will not implement them if there is confidence that they will harm our security.”

During his speech, Tusk criticized his predecessors from Law and Justice, because of his policies, according to him, “Poland was de facto flooded with a wave of illegal migration,” and the government was have “the most progressive government in Europe in Europe. regarding illegal migration”.

“We will reduce illegal migration in Poland to the minimum, we will eliminate those practices that actually exceeded the interests of Poland, violated the safety of women and Poles from Poland, as well as the Polish state, and we will eliminate these customs to zero. ” promised the Polish Prime Minister.

What is ahead: Poland has tried various measures to reduce the number of crossings on its eastern border, including building a wall on the border with Belarus and announcing the construction of additional fortifications.

Earlier this week Tusk called on the EU. do more to combat illegal migrationdraws attention to illegal border crossings with Belarus.

Read also: Migrants who left Poland: why the new government retained the policies of its predecessors.