Repatriation limited to those from Caucasus and Asian areas of former USSR

The Sejm has decided that the repatriation bill will include only Poles from the Caucasus and Asian parts of the former Soviet Union. In this way only permanent residents of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan or those living in the Asian part of the Russian Federation, can apply for a repatriation visa. Deputies rejected amendments proposed by the Senate which envisaged that ethnic Polish permanent residents of all former Soviet Union countries should have the right to apply for a repatriation visa. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p 8).A.Z.