Polish-American citizens experience customs difficulty when entering Poland

Poles with American citizenship are complaining to the Foreign Minister Bronislaw Geremek that they are being discriminated against by the Polish government. Because of this they desire to give up their Polish citizenship. They are shocked that Polish officials request to see Polish documents in addition to their American passports . "Nobody pays attention to what passport a person visiting his native country uses," say the aggrieved Polish-Americans, "but we have difficulty in entering Poland." Polish officials explain that the problem is the result of expat Poles ignorance of the existing regulations which states that every Polish citizen has to have a Polish passport, even if he holds citizenship of another country." (Zycie, page 6) A.Z.