“Since the beginning of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, Poland has opened its borders. We have about eight crossing points open, and they are open to everyone. In the last six days we have accepted about 500 thousand people to Poland in Poland, with absolutely no discrimination. This version of events has been spread throughout the European Union since the Russian narrative and is absolutely not true “. This was stated to Adnkronos Jan Waszczykowski, Polish MEP president of the Delegation to the parliamentary commission of the EU-Ukraine association and member of the Group of European Conservatives and Reformists, who thus responds to the news gathered by the international press and social media and leapt to the attention of the European Union itself, on the alleged discrimination between refugees that Poland is carrying out on the border with Ukraine.
“These news – explains the MEP – we have read from the European media, from Western newspapers, but they absolutely do not correspond to the truth. We did not discriminate, we accepted over 500,000 people without knowing where they came from“. On the reported news, Waszczykowski observes:” There were incidents on the Ukrainian side, because there were Indian and African students without documents who wanted to cross the border, and they sat on the buses without having seats, because the seats were for the refugees. So, he was simply asked to wait and pick up the refugee families first. “
“We have confirmations from the European Union and from members of the European Parliament, at the moment we have a delegation from Europe and no one is reporting problems as the journalists declare, there is no problem”, explains the MEP. “We gave them sleep, clothes, transport, we have a welcoming committee for them and once they get in and they can do exactly what they want. There are 7000 places that have been reserved for the injured or those in need of assistance in Poland. We are also in a pandemic, let’s remember that, “he adds.
Even before the war began “we had over a million people from Ukraine who have been living here for some time – explains Waszczykowski at Adnkronos – many go to school, work, participate in all normal activities here in Poland, and so many of them have now gone to friends and relatives. Those who are qualified to work have free access to the labor market. We have no restrictions for people arriving. People in private homes across the country welcome and host families and refugees. Some come, bring their wives, children, families, separate and go back to fight. There is no racial discrimination. “
So, concludes the MEP, “these reporters who say these things should try them. I ask journalists: how can one discriminate in 6 days from when the borders are open? There is not even time to discriminate. other than the border, most of the people crossing are not even checked on arrival. They are all fully welcomed “.
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