Tusk announces deportation from Poland of foreigners committing crimes

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk stated that he had asked the heads of the Interior Ministry and the Ministry of Justice to develop a quick plan for an immediate response to organized crime by foreigners.

He said this during a press conference on Friday at the Center for European Solidarity in Gdansk with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, PAP reports.

Tusk was asked questions related to the European migration pact.

Answering, he raised the issue of crime among migrants and said that he had already made a decision on this issue. He declared that Poland will deport anyone who violently violates the law.

“I have asked the Minister of the Interior and Administration and the Minister of Justice to develop a quick plan for an immediate response to organized crime and aggressive crimes committed by foreigners. Anyone who is a guest in Poland, enjoys our hospitality, and violates the law in a violent way will be deported from Poland,” the Prime Minister said.

Tusk emphasized that “in the coming days, these decisions will have a practical dimension.”

The prime minister also said that there are many provisions in the adopted document (the migration pact) that, “from the point of view of the countries of the South,” can facilitate and make it easier to protect the European Union and these countries from illegal migration.

“There are many provisions there that should make it easier for all European countries (to act) in return policy. I don’t want to use brutal words like ‘deportation,’ but returns. Poland will not only respect but also support all those mechanisms that will enable more effective protection against illegal migration,” Tusk stated.

Earlier, the media reported that the European Union is developing a plan to revise the post-war refugee convention, which prohibits countries from refusing asylum seekers at their borders, which could be one of the biggest changes in migration policy in decades.

The document, drafted by Poland and discussed by EU interior ministers last week, precedes new proposals this spring to speed up the deportation of failed asylum seekers and deport refugees and other migrants involved in crimes.

Migration is dominating the German elections that will take place in three weeks. On January 29, the Bundestag passed a proposal by Germany’s CDU/CSU to tighten migration policy thanks to the votes of the far-right Alternative for Germany.

The vote marked a significant milestone, disrupting the enduring agreement among German political parties to refrain from collaborating with the far right.