Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Friday in Gdańsk at a conference with the Head of the KE Ursula von der Leyen, declared that Poland would not implement its rules on the migration pact in the area of relocation, but will "support mechanisms" to defend against illegal migration. Leading Andrzej Stankiewicz asked his guests what this actually means.
“We will either accept, or we will pay, the words and even the good intentions of the Prime Minister will not change,” Mr Bartłomiej Pejo of the Confederate questioned. He reminded me on this occasion. the words of EU Commissioner for Migration Magnus Brunner, who stated that Poland would not be excluded from the migration pact.
A discussion about the migration pact. “We will not participate”
Katarzyna Lubnauer, Deputy Minister of KO, recalled that "all the issues that were around the migration pact were dealt with during the PiS period." “This pact is not only a substance of relocation but besides of securing borders, from smuggling...” she said.
He asked whether the Prime Minister's words meant that Poland would pay penalties for not complying with the pact's assumptions, nevertheless Lubnauer ignored the question and continued her statement.
— ... we are securing the border with our means, that is besides an action against migrants. I just wanted to say 1 more thing: The PiS ran an open door policy, people were getting visas in bulk. The case of Piotr Wawrzyk (the alleged visa scandal) is simply a part of the case. The problem is that visas were given to students who never went to Polish universities,” the deputy minister continued.
She added, answering the question that "the elements of the pact are different". — We are clear that we will not participate in this component of the pact, which concerns relocation, However, we safe the east borders of the EU with money from the Polish payer to a large extent, so that these Belarusian migrants do not get to Poland," she said.
In a akin tone, the Prime Minister spoke on Friday. He stressed that Poland is in a peculiar situation. In this context, he mentioned the influx of migrants on the Polish border with Belarus, inspired by Alaksandr Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin. He added that the most crucial argument is that "Poland has opened its borders and hearts to 2 million refugees from Ukraine". — If individual in Europe comes to the conclusion that Poland should take on another burdens, no substance who says it, I will say that Poland will not implement it. End, period," said the Prime Minister.
