Poland to take in 400 refugees in 2016
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Poland will resettle no more than 400 refugees from Greece and Italy in 2016 under the EU program of relocating 120,000 asylum-seekers. The government estimates expenditures on this effort at PLN 10 million.
The money will be spent on sending liaison officers and translators to the two countries, verifying migrants' documents and employing additional staff at offices in Poland. Refugees will also receive financial aid will be offered activities aimed at integration.
The previous PO-PSL government committed to hosting 7,000 refugees.
Prime Minister Beata Szydło said earlier that "at this moment, we honor that, we respect that, but it doesn't mean that we don't want to start a debate on changing the decisions that have been made."
