The European Union’s Migration and Asylum pact has officially entered into force on Friday, June 12. The core of this regulation involves distributing illegal immigrants across the European Union, including to member states that have previously resisted opening their borders to mass migration. Under the framework, if a government refuses to participate, its taxpayers will be required to pay financial penalties to the European Union.
In response to the implementation of the EU regulation, the press spokesperson of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Karolina Gałecka, released a statement reiterating the government’s stance that Poland will “neither allow immigrants into the country under the pact nor pay fines to the European Commission.” The Ministry of Interior and Administration assures that “Poland will not implement the provisions of the Pact that threaten the security of Polish women and men.”
🟢 KOMUNIKAT | Polska nie będzie przyjmować migrantów z innych państw, ani ponosić kosztów z tym związanych. Wchodzi w życie Pakt Migracyjny
Wejście w życie unijnego paktu migracyjnego ma za zadanie pomóc odzyskać kontrole nad migracjami w UE. Nie zmienia się sprzeciw wobec… pic.twitter.com/phLyL3WNRd
— Karolina Gałecka (@K_Galecka) June 12, 2026In November, the Polish government requested a specific exemption from the forced relocation of migrants, pointing to the ongoing migration pressure from Belarus and the country’s acceptance of a massive number of war refugees from Ukraine. While Warsaw successfully secured this consent until the end of this year, the government maintains that this temporary exemption is just the beginning and that Poland will not accept immigrants regardless.
The official statement from the Ministry of Interior and Administration reads: “The entry into force of the EU Migration Pact is intended to help regain control over migration in the European Union. Opposition to mechanisms that could reduce the security of Polish women and men even in the slightest remains unchanged. At the same time, over the last two years, many provisions of the Pact have been adapted to Polish specificities, including Poland’s exclusion from the relocation of migrants and the payment of fees for this purpose.”
“This was achieved thanks to negotiations between Minister Marcin Kierwiński, Minister Tomasz Siemoniak, Deputy Minister Maciej Duszczyk and other representatives of the Ministry of Interior and Administration, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Permanent Representation of the Republic of Poland to the European Union. Poland will only apply regulations that strengthen border protection, strengthen migration policy and increase access to data to fight illegal migration.”
Regarding what changes will actually occur within the country, the government informs that “only those elements of EU regulations that actually increase the level of migration security will be introduced into the national legal order. These are primarily new regulations on return policy, a ban on instrumentalizing migration and instruments tightening procedures in situations of sudden threat or mass influx of migrants. Poland therefore does not intend to depart from the solutions suspending the right to asylum that work in practice, and the provincial administrative courts recognize them as consistent with the Polish Constitution and international conventions.”
Furthermore, the Ministry of Interior and Administration notes that Poland has been an active and effective advocate for EU institutions to address the issues of instrumentalization and weaponization of migration, while working to create a more efficient return policy for individuals residing in Europe illegally.
The Polish state fully backs new, accelerated procedures designed to ensure that foreigners whose presence is deemed undesirable leave the European Union. The government highlights its current standing by stating that they are one of the leaders of the European Union in terms of the effectiveness of ongoing deportations and voluntary returns since 2022, with the number of successful deportations increasing by 200 percent.
Concluding its release, the ministry indicated that Poland continues to support a comprehensive overhaul of the European Union’s broader approach to migration and is calling for immediate work to begin on implementing the core assumptions outlined in the “Chisinau Declaration.”
