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By APD writer Aditya Nugraha
WARSAW, Sept. 29 (APD) - Polish government has rejected the new European Union migrant redistribution agreement, stating that no migrants will be accepted in Poland.
The rejection was stated by Polish Ambassador in Rome Anna Maria Anders, saying that Poland would only welcome migrants who share linguistic and cultural traditions with the Polish people.
“The EU wants redistribution, but we do not change our point of view. Warsaw is already doing so much. In Poland, there are two million Ukrainians, many of whom have fled from war zones. They integrate well, share in part our language, traditions, and culture,” Anders was quoted by an Italian media recently.
“The role of Christianity is a glue of the Polish nation. And this must be respected,” she said to emphasize Poland’s view in rejecting the new EU migrant policy.
Earlier this week five European Union member-states’ interior ministers agree the EU migrant agreement, known as the Malta agreement.
The draft deal would see countries take newly-arrived migrants from hotspots such as Italy and Greece within four weeks of their arrivals.
The agreement was seen as a win for new Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, whose government had begun easing policy on migrant transport NGO vessels operating off the search and rescue zone near Libyan waters.
(ASIA PACIFIC DAILY)
