Post by jonksy on Aug 14, 2023 2:08:26 GMT
We were never even consulted...
Poland to ask voters if they want 'thousands of illegal immigrants' in referendum
16hPoland's ruling party wants to ask voters in a referendum whether they support accepting "thousands of illegal immigrants from the Middle East and Africa" as part of a European Union relocation plan.
Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced the referendum question on social media on Sunday. Pic: AP
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Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced the referendum question in a video published on social media on Sunday.
It comes as his conservative Law and Justice party bids to stave off a challenge from the opposition in a parliamentary election in October and suggests it is seeking to use migration in its campaign - a tactic that helped it take power in 2015.
Poland hosts more than a million Ukrainian refugees, who are primarily white and Christian, but officials have long made clear that they consider Muslims and others from different cultures to be a threat to the nation's cultural identity and security.
It comes as his conservative Law and Justice party bids to stave off a challenge from the opposition in a parliamentary election in October and suggests it is seeking to use migration in its campaign - a tactic that helped it take power in 2015.
Poland hosts more than a million Ukrainian refugees, who are primarily white and Christian, but officials have long made clear that they consider Muslims and others from different cultures to be a threat to the nation's cultural identity and security.
