“This is another step towards regaining control over migration and increasing the safety of Poles,” says the government.
“This is another step towards regaining control over migration and increasing the safety of Poles,” says the government.
The initiative has been launched in Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Iraq, Pakistan and Egypt.
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But a majority are willing to take in at least some under certain conditions.
“We must stop aggressive hybrid actions carried out according to a script written in Minsk,” says the PM
The group reportedly included a leading figure in an NGO accused by Polish prosecutors of laundering Russian money.
Local communities in Poland have been gathering donations to help the refugees.
The findings come amid a recent rise in the number of people seeking to cross the border from Belarus into Poland.
The group is reportedly seeking asylum in Poland.
But Warsaw says they are “economic migrants” and the responsibility of Minsk.
There has been a recent surge in illegal crossings, mainly by Iraqis and Afghans.
Dozens of Afghans remain stuck on the Poland-Belarus border amid a standoff.
Amid a surge in crossings at the border with Belarus, the government has sent soldiers to secure the frontier and moved to tighten asylum rules.
The Polish government has accused Belarus of using migrants as “living weapons” in a “hybrid war”.
Over 130 migrants have been detained in the last two days after illegally crossing the border from Belarus into Poland.