🇵🇱 Poland will not accept the EU's migrant quotas, nor will it pay fines for them.
The EU's New Pact on Migration officially came into effect last Friday, which means every EU member state is obligated to either accept relocated migrants or pay a penalty of €20,000 for each declined migrant.
But Poland successfully secured a formal temporary exemption from this migration scheme.
Poland cited ongoing hybrid warfare and illegal border crossings at its eastern border, which are recognized as a significant security strain.
The EU's migration framework allows member states facing severe migration pressure to apply for partial or full exemptions from sharing the pool of migrants with their neighbors.