Poland breaks international law: an expert
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The new pact on migration and asylum brings about a tightening of the EU migration policy, emphasizes Marta Górczyńska, a lawyer from the Migration Research Hub, dealing with human rights issues, in an interview for EURACTIV.cz.
"The EU is moving towards a 'closed door' policy," Marta Górczyńska said.
She added that such a policy may even lead to human rights violations.
“On the Polish-Belarusian border, we observe refugees being pushed out without initiating official repatriation or asylum procedures. It is worrying that such practices are common today,” she stressed.
In her opinion, Poland is breaking international law.
“There is a rule (non-refoulement - ed.) that people must not be sent back to countries where they would be in danger – for example, to a country where they would face persecution. Belarus is such a country today. Belarus cannot be considered a safe country," the expert believes.
Despite the increasingly difficult situation at the border, the Polish government has so far not decided to use Frontex assistance. Górczyńska is convinced that the Polish government wants to avoid any witnesses of pushbacks by the Border Guard.
