By Ordo Iuris Institute President Jerzy Kwaśniewski
The German government can already send back to Poland… up to 40,000 illegal migrants. The so-called “readmission” is possible under the EU regulations already in force. And this is only a preview of the great wave of migrant relocations that will take place under the European Union Migration Pact. While the governments of the Netherlands and Hungary demand that they be excluded from this regulation, Donald Tusk reassures the Poles and takes feigned actions.
That is why Ordo Iuris has prepared a report in which we provide answers to 26 most frequently asked questions about migration, the migration pact, and border protection policy. We will not allow the false narrative suffused by the mainstream media to lull our compatriots into a lull in their vigilance when the righteous indignation of Poles can stop the government’s disastrous policy.
Sometimes it’s enough to reveal what the European Commission itself has to say about the Migration Pact. Its official statement says that “migration is a permanent part of human history” and “can contribute to growth, innovation and social dynamism.” Officials add that the aim of the migration pact is to “create faster, smoother migration processes.”
Poles need to know that no one intends to protect us from migration. The real goal of the great reform of EU migration law is to recognize illegal migrants as legal and to relocate them to countries that have so far defended themselves against waves of migrants, including Poland.
It is true that EU officials are currently only talking about… 30,000 migrants sent to Poland annually from 2026. However, a simple calculation of the size of illegal migration to Europe (1.3 million asylum applications in 2023) shows that Poland’s share in accepting migrants will quickly grow to over 100,000 relocated migrants annually! It is also important to know that the decision on the scale of relocation will be made without Poland’s significant participation, as will the decision on the amount of the “buyback” by which Poland could be exempted from the obligation to accept a migrant. The qualified majority in these matters is held by the countries affected by the migration crisis, and Poland does not have the right to veto.
What does this wave of migration mean? According to data from the European agency Eurostat, despite hundreds of thousands of decisions being issued ordering people to leave the EU, only 22.9 percent of illegal migrants are successfully expelled. The rest, taking advantage of the inefficient system, continue to live in the EU. That’s millions of illegal arrivals.
The situation in many countries is tragic. During a recent conference in Prague, I listened to a lecture by an Austrian professor who spoke about school classes in which 90 percent of children do not speak German, not to mention the increase in crime and the forced change of lifestyle of millions of people. It is no wonder that countries affected by such a crisis want to “share” with Poland the effects of their own mistakes in migration policy.
In this critical situation, the government is misleading Poles with false slogans about defending borders. Everyone has probably heard of Donald Tusk’s proposal to “suspend the right to asylum.” The mainstream media widely discussed these words. All the more so because the prime minister was supported by the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.
The sincerity of the head of government’s intentions seemed to be confirmed by attacks from organizations supporting mass migration.
Meanwhile, Donald Tusk’s roundabout slogans do not mean stopping migration at all.
In our report, we explain that, according to EU law, each country can “withhold granting asylum” in certain circumstances. However, during this time it is obliged to accept migrants, providing them with… temporary protection and allowing them to move freely around the country. Therefore, there is no talk of the EU recognizing Poland’s right to defend its borders and to stop the wave of migrants by the Border Guard!
Our report is meant to awaken the vigilance of Poles, the media, and opinion leaders. But we do not stop there. Our experts will be registered to participate in the consultations announced by the Minister for Civil Society on the new government migration strategy. We will ensure that the consultations are not dominated by the radical left, which, at a time of threat to Polish security, focuses on promoting migration and ignores the right of Poles to feel safe, to be given priority in the job market, and to be protected against waves of economic migration posing as refugees.
At the same time, we know that in the long term, protection against mass, illegal migration will not be possible without developing an international agreement on changes to the current refugee law. We also need completely new assumptions of the national migration policy towards legal migrants and their communities.
That is why experts from the Ordo Iuris Institute have already begun work on an international report in which we will propose how countries affected by migration should shape international law so that it is no longer a tool for destabilizing states and societies. Three years ago, we wrote that mass migration across the Belarusian border is a “weapon of mass migration” used by the Russian Federation. At that time, “experts” on human rights refused to shake our hands for expressing these obvious conclusions.
