The European Commission had previously announced on Tuesday which EU countries will be eligible for assistance in dealing with migration pressure, and which countries will be exempt from helping out as part of an EU Solidarity Pool.<\/p>\n
It said that Poland \u2014\u00a0as well as Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia and Estonia \u2014\u00a0face significant migratory pressure and could request exemptions from the Solidarity Pool, which requires that member states accept a quota of asylum seekers, pay for each person they decline to take in, or offer another form of assistance.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs I said, Poland will not take in migrants under the Migration Pact. Nor will we pay for it. The decision has been made. We don\u2019t talk, we act,\u201d Prime Minister Donald Tusk\u00a0wrote on X<\/a>\u00a0Tuesday evening.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Polish government called the Commission\u2019s plan a \u201cmajor success,\u201d saying Warsaw had lobbied for months to be recognized as among the countries facing \u201cvery serious migratory situations.\u201d <\/p>\n \u201cOur partners [in the EU] know it very well, we\u2019re subject to a very big migration pressure and \u2026 we must not face any more commitments,\u201d government spokesman Adam Sz\u0142apka\u00a0said at a<\/a> Wednesday press briefing.<\/p>\n