Over 15,000 people applied for asylum in Poland in 2024, 72% more than a year earlier.

Over 15,000 people applied for asylum in Poland in 2024, 72% more than a year earlier.
He also warned that failing to ensure a fair peace for Ukraine would undermine US credibility and embolden China in its ambitions to take Taiwan.
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The heads of Poland’s Catholic Church and the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church signed a joint declaration on the Volhynia massacres.
The two countries are also hoping to establish a maintenance hub in Poland for repairing German-made Leopard tanks damaged in Ukraine.
The Polish interior ministry is also providing millions of rounds of ammunition and medical equipment.
The Wall Street Journal reported earlier that “Poland was the logistical hub for the Nord Stream blow-up operation”
Unconfirmed reports say that the ammunition was American and that it was being transported to Ukraine.
Propagating symbols in support of Moscow’s invasion was last year made a crime in Poland punishable by up to two years in prison.
The Volhynia massacres are a regular cause of tension between two otherwise close allies.
“We have accepted new refugees from Ukraine – this time they are works of art,” says the director of the Royal Castle in Warsaw.
The opposition have called for the defence minister to be fired, but he blames a top general.
Hungary’s chief of general staff claimed WWII was a “local German-Polish war” that escalated due to a lack of peace efforts.
Ukraine announced it would stop requiring permits from Polish firms, but the protesters insist on the reinstatement of old, pre-war rules.
Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria can ban the import of Ukrainian grain while allowing transit through their territory.