“Our message will be simple: the Polish border is sealed,” says Donald Tusk.

“Our message will be simple: the Polish border is sealed,” says Donald Tusk.
The measures “give border guards a key tool to combat illegal migration, which is an element of hybrid aggression against Poland”, says the interior minister.
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The measures would remove criminal liability for the use of weapons when officers are acting in self-defence or repelling “attacks on the border”.
The measures will “interfere with basic constitutional freedoms” and “impede the provision of humanitarian, medical and legal assistance” to migrants.
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Unauthorised people will not be allowed to be within 200 metres of the border in some places, and up to 2km in others.
He was attacked with a knife while trying to stop a group of migrants from forcing their way across the border from Belarus.
The defence minister called the charges “unacceptable”.
Tomasz Szmydt has been accused by Poland of espionage but Interpol says that such crimes are outside the scope of its activity.
“We are the victim of the largest hybrid attack against our country in several decades. This is one of the fronts of this war.”
“We are dealing with hybrid warfare aimed at destabilising the Polish state and all of Europe,” says Donald Tusk.
The project will include bunkers, minefields and anti-tank obstacles, as well as satellite monitoring, thermal imaging cameras and anti-drone systems.
The opposition claims that it is in fact Tusk and those around him who “cooperated with Russia against Poland”.
In recent weeks, Poland has “thwarted planned attempts at direct action, including sabotage and attempted arson”, said Donald Tusk.