RMF FM reported that Poland was to be excluded from the migration pact, and the final decision on this matter was to be made next week. The help provided by Poland to refugees from Ukraine is crucial here.
“The Polish authorities have been seeking such a status for Poland for months. They have been convincing Brussels that Poland's situation is exceptional due to the number of war refugees admitted from Ukraine, as well as the instrumentalization of migrants on the eastern border and the ongoing war in Ukraine,” we read.
As emphasized, Poland may be considered one of the countries “under migration pressure” that are exempt from “mandatory solidarity”. Additionally, they receive financial resources from the solidarity pool.
What is the Migration Pact?
The so-called The Migration Pact, which is to share responsibility for managing migration in the EU among all member states, was approved by EU ministers in May last year – with the opposition of Poland, Slovakia and Hungary.
The regulations include the so-called a mechanism of mandatory solidarity, which assumes the deployment of at least 30,000 people every year. migrants. Countries that do not want to consider their asylum applications will have to pay 20,000. euro for each unconsidered application or provide the so-called alternative solidarity measures, such as the posting of staff. The regulations also assume taking into account which countries are under migratory pressure – so that those countries that are less burdened help those that are more burdened.
