The Sejm voted to extend the temporary suspension of the right to apply for asylum at the border with Belarus for another 60 days. The decision was favoured by 416 Members, 16 opposed, and no 1 abstained. The fresh regulations will enter into force on November 22.
The government justifies extending the suspension of persistent migratory force and safety risks. Deputy Head of the Ministry of abroad Affairs Maciej Duszczyk stressed in the parliamentary debate: «At least a fewer twelve attempts are made regular to cross the border illegally, which are thwarted by improving the detection, monitoring and strengthening of the method barrier at the Polish-Belarusian border». He added that the situation at the border is difficult, but stable.
The first suspension of the right to asylum entered into force on 27 March that year. It is based on an asylum law adopted by the government in December 2024. The regulation provides for exceptions for unaccompanied minors, pregnant women, those in request of peculiar care and those in danger of serious harm in the country of origin.
Decrease in number of applications
From 27 March to 26 October, the Border defender did not accept 301 asylum applications and 66 accepted from susceptible groups. In the same period of 2024, 2458 applications for 2,751 people were received on this section of the border. From 27 March to 26 March 2025 162 applications involving 189 people were accepted.
Witold Tumanowicz of the Confederacy argued: «In the asylum procedure, physical strength or crowd force cannot be allowed». He warned: «If the state gives way, the migration waves will grow due to the fact that the guides will get a clear message that Poland is simply a weak link. Then there will be emergency corridors all over Europe». Jarosław Zieliński of PiS stressed that refusing to accept asylum applications from persons crossing the border illegally reduces costs for Poland.
Social organisations supporting refugees are against the rules. They consider them incompatible with the Polish constitution and global obligations concerning the protection of refugees.
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