Poland has taken not a single immigrant from the Mediterranean region, EASO reports
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Out of 32 European countries who once declared splitting between them 120,000 immigrants coming from Africa and the Middle East, 11, including Poland, hasn't welcomed any. Surprisingly, others are not only poor and small countries, but also the likes of Great Britain, Austria, Denmark and Norway.
According to EASO, an EU agency for single immigration policy, Poland was to take 6,500 immigrants. The reason for the failure of the project was to be Poland's site, which did not conduct necessary diligence required by countries providing temporary shelter for immigrants ( Greece and Italy). Jakub Dudziak, spokesperson of the Office for Foreigners said there are no new motions from refugees for admission, which confirms the unpopularity of Poland amongst them, mainly because of high thresholds for asylum seekers in terms of providing a reliable background and justifying their needs to be granted asylum .
EASO data shows France, Netherlands and Portugal have taken most immigrants from the pool. The Office for Foreigners says 4100 persons are waiting in Poland for a decision concerning their rights to stay and to be given a refugee-status. Most are Ukrainians and Czechens. For many of them, Poland is just a transit country to Western Europe.