Euro MP Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik tried to get clear information from the European Commission (EC) about what papers Poland must submit in order to avoid forced relocation of immigrants or to pay penalties for refusing to accept them. However, her questions were met with avoids from EU officials, which sparked further controversy around the alleged migration pact.
EU Migration Pact: Poland without an exit?
During the committee in Brussels, Zajączkowska-Hernik asked the Vice-President of the European Commission circumstantial questions: what documents, information and evidence Poland must present in order to avoid compulsory relocation of immigrants or financial penalties. However, the answers were not satisfactory. – "Today at the committee in Brussels, the Vice-President of the European Commission was fleeing my questions about what Poland should do to get us released from the migration pact" – wrote the Confederation's Euro MP on the X.
The EC Vice-President stressed that the migration pact is simply a common commitment of all associate States. – "It is very crucial that all countries participate in the migration pact and do their job" said the EU official. She besides added that “This is our common pact” and ‘Everyone must do their part’. On the question of whether Poland can be exempted from relocation, she replied evasively: "This is our common migration pact. It is very crucial that all associate States, 27 associate States participate in this pact".
Today at the committee in Brussels, the Vice-President of the European Commission was fleeing my questions about what Poland should do to get us released from the migration pact
I have asked what information and how long it is to submit Poland to avoid forced relocation of immigrants or... pic.twitter.com/pVnH6WsKTP
— Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik (@EwaZajaczkowska) February 18, 2025
Migration Pact: What is the threat of Poland?
The migration pact, which will enter into force in mid-2026, consists of 9 regulations and 1 directive. Poland voted against it. The paper includes facilitating the return of illegal immigrants, but its main nonsubjective is to relocate immigrants from abroad countries to all EU associate States. EC defines this as "compulsory solidarity".
If a associate State refuses to accept immigrants, it will gotta pay the punishment for any unaccepted foreigner. Although the amount has not yet been fixed, it is said to be €20,000 per immigrant. Moreover, in a crisis situation, the EC will be able to increase the number of immigrants that individual countries will gotta accept.
Poland bound by the pact despite Ukraine's help
In November 2024, Euro MP Marcin Sypniewski interpelled with the EC, asking whether Poland could be released from the solidarity mechanics due to the acceptance of a large number of refugees from Ukraine. The EC answer was clear: Poland is "related to all legal acts forming part of the Pact on Migration and Asylum".
Government plans for the migration crisis
On 8 February, PiS MP Michał Moskal revealed government correspondence that afraid tasks for individual ministries under the National Crisis Plan. The paper provides for emergency actions "unproportional to the average conditions of functioning of the reception and asylum strategy for the number of applicants for global protection". Among the tasks for the Ministry of Defence were among others. ‘Transport of foreigners from border crossings to reception centres/points and organisation of temporary camps’.
Will immigrants go to the region Poland?
In Poland, the Centres for the Integration of Foreigners are already being established, the creation of which is due to the EU migration pact. Dr. Sławomir Ozdyk, a safety expert surviving in Germany, warned on YouTube to Things that immigrants could be deployed in smaller towns. – "They will effort to distribute immigrants across region Poland, and the results of their presence will not be different, but the same as in Western Europe – rapes, assaults, robberies, killings. People will no longer be safe in the streets of their own cities” “Ozdyk said.
Summary
The questions of the Euro MPs Zajączkowska-Hernik show that Poland is facing a serious dilemma: whether to comply with EU rules or to search ways to avoid forced relocation of immigrants. The EC answers do not give optimism – Poland seems to be bound by a migration pact without the anticipation of leaving it. In the face of the coming changes, the government is already preparing for a possible migration crisis, but are these plans adequate to guarantee the safety of citizens?
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