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Poland temporarily halts asylum processing amid Belarus border crisis

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Poland's leader Donald Tusk has announced plans to temporarily suspend the right to asylum in an effort to limit the number of people crossing the country's border with Belarus. Tusk has accused Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin of collaborating with people smugglers to facilitate the influx of migrants.

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  1. PL
    Donald Tusk
    Civic Platform
    1. We know perfectly well how [Belarusian President Alexander] Lukashenko, [Russian President Vladimir] Putin, migrant brokers and human traffickers use it.
    2. We are not going to respect or apply any European idea that... hinders our security. I'm thinking here of the [EU] migration pact.
    3. Poland must take back 100% control over who comes to Poland.
    4. The unjustified suspension of this right, even temporarily, is unacceptable and contradicts, among other things, the Geneva Convention and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
    5. We all know how this situation is being used by [Belarusian leader] Alexander Lukashenko, by Putin, by human smugglers and traffickers, to what extent the right of asylum is being exploited in a way that is exactly contrary to its essence.
  2. PL
    Radosław Sikorski
    Polish Foreign Ministry
    1. I don't think we would have won if we hadn't outflanked the then ruling party on the right on migration, if we hadn't convinced the electorate that we will be as tough on physically protecting the Polish border as the previous government was, so we neutralised this issue.
  3. PL
    Malgorzata Szuleka
    Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights
    1. There is a humanitarian crisis on the border, but it is also an open migration route. We need to find a place for a rational discussion that is not so populistically driven.
    2. I never saw Donald Tusk as a human rights champion, but this is a new low.

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sources

  1. 1.DW News
  2. 2.BBC
  3. 3.Al Jazeera
  4. 4.The Times of India
  5. 5.Le Monde
  6. 6.Agence France-Presse
  7. 7.Reuters

perspectives

  1. 1.Russia-Ukraine War
  2. 2.Election
  3. 3.Immigration to Europe
  4. 4.Immigration
  5. 5.Poland under Donald Tusk
  6. 6.Right of asylum

countries

  1. 1.AfghanistanAF
  2. 2.BelarusBY
  3. 3.CzechiaCZ
  4. 4.GermanyDE
  5. 5.IraqIQ
  6. 6.LithuaniaLT
  7. 7.LatviaLV
  8. 8.PolandPL
  9. 9.Russian FederationRU
  10. 10.Syrian Arab RepublicSY
  11. 11.UkraineUA

organizations

  1. 1.European Union
  2. 2.Civic Coalition
  3. 3.Law and Justice party
  4. 4.EU Council
  5. 5.Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights
  6. 6.North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
  7. 7.PiS
  8. 8.Amnesty InternationalGB
  9. 9.Democratic PartyUS
  10. 10.Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
  11. 11.People's Action Party
  12. 12.Poland 2050

persons

  1. 1.Alexander LukashenkoBY
  2. 2.Donald TuskPL
  3. 3.Vladimir PutinRU
  4. 4.Malgorzata SzulekaPL
  5. 5.Marysia ZlonkiewiczPL
  6. 6.Radosław SikorskiPL

technicals

  1. 1.Kurdistan Region
  2. 2.Lampedusa Island
  3. 3.EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
  4. 4.Geneva Convention
  5. 5.Universal Declaration of Human Rights