{"id":569400,"date":"2025-11-14T08:00:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T08:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/569400\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T08:00:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T08:00:26","slug":"poland-to-remain-outside-eu-migrant-relocation-system-while-hosting-ukrainians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/569400\/","title":{"rendered":"Poland to remain outside EU migrant relocation system while hosting Ukrainians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ISTANBUL\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Poland will remain exempt from the EU\u2019s mandatory migrant relocation system for as long as it continues hosting large numbers of Ukrainian refugees, Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to private broadcaster Polsat News, Sikorski said the exemption was not permanent but would last \u201ca good couple of years,\u201d TVP World reported.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that the presence of millions of Ukrainians in Poland constituted \u201chuge migratory pressure,\u201d also recognized by Brussels.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we have a huge number of refugees, Europe should show solidarity with us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday the EU recognizes that, and this year, and for as long as Ukrainians are here, we are exempt from that mechanism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The EU is preparing to implement its Migration Pact, a major reform of the bloc\u2019s asylum and migration management system aimed at easing pressure on frontline states and distributing asylum seekers more evenly.<\/p>\n<p>Under the plan, EU governments must contribute to a &#8220;Solidarity Pool&#8221; through one of three options: accepting relocated asylum seekers, paying a financial contribution in lieu of relocation, or providing operational assistance at the bloc\u2019s external borders.<\/p>\n<p>Poland is among six member states eligible to request a waiver from the obligations due to what the European Commission considers \u201cheightened migratory pressure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The other countries are Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic and Estonia, all of which have taken in significant numbers of Ukrainians fleeing Russia\u2019s war.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Interior Minister Maciej Duszczyk confirmed Thursday that Warsaw had formally submitted its request for a full exemption from the solidarity mechanism.<\/p>\n<p>He said the application would be discussed at the Dec. 8-9 meeting of the EU Justice and Home Affairs Council, though a definitive answer was not guaranteed at that session.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will see whether that process ends (then)\u201d Duszczyk told reporters, adding that EU ministers are required to make a decision by the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Duszczyk expressed confidence that Poland\u2019s exemption would be approved, saying he saw \u201cno danger, no reason why that application should not be approved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/p\/subscription\/1001\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-size:12px; 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