Sejm passes resolution opposing resetlling migrants

Sejm, the lower chamber of parliament, has adopted a resolution expressing a strong objective to the EU mechanism of relocating migrants or refugees. "The instruments of immigration policy should stay in the hands of Poland," the resoution read. As many as 267 MPs voted for, 158 were agains and 14 abstained. The MPs criticized the decision of former Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz to host around 7,000 migrants under the relocation scheme agreed by the EU. The MPs also blamed migrants for growing tensions in Europe. "It is particularly important from the viewpoint of growing social tensions caused by excessive migration form the Middle East to Europe." Full support for humanitarian and financial aid in the places of armed conflicts was expressed in the resolution.