It isn’t simply about turning away those in need. Poland isn’t targeting the asylum seekers. It’s seeking to protect its citizens. Valid concerns for Poland’s security motivated its declaration of emergency. Take the following examples:
- Discussions are already underway about Afghan migrants suspected of Taliban ties, with warnings about the Taliban establishing a fifth column in the EU.
- In Belgium, an internal email warns police that jihadis could arrive among Afghan refugees.
- Afghan Jihadis on UK’s no-fly list have tried to board planes out of Kabul. We know at least one succeeded.
“Poland issues state of emergency in two provinces over Belarus border row,” Euronews, September 2, 2021:
Poland has issued a state of emergency in two provinces near its border with Belarus.
The country has had an influx of migrants arriving at its frontier with Belarus in recent weeks, something Warsaw blames on Minsk.
The arrival of migrants prompted Poland’s government to call on President Andrzej Duda to declare an emergency.
It cited the potential risk from foreign actors and the actions of protesters in Poland as rationales for the declaration.
Duda granted it on Thursday in Podlaskie and Lubelskie, both Polish provinces bordering Belarus.
Human rights organisation Amnesty International denounced the state of emergency saying it could “exacerbate the already dire situation” for migrants stuck at the border.
The organisation said there were 32 Afghans including four women, 27 men and a 15-year-old girl, who were pushed back from Poland and have “been held there without adequate food and clean water for over three weeks.”
Interior minister Mariusz Kamiński said local authorities supported the action, which he said was “in the interests of the safety of our citizens, especially the inhabitants of border towns”.
Kamiński said the rules of the state of emergency, which includes suspending mass events, would mostly affect “outsiders” rather than the inhabitants of the towns.
People in the areas under the state of emergency will also have to carry an identity card on them as well.
Poland is one of many EU nations that has accused Belarus of sending migrants across the border as part of a “hybrid war” in response to sanctions….
mortimer says
Opinion surveys show that Afghans are the MOST FANATICAL Muslims in the world and the most INTOLERANT against other religions. Why would anyone desire such fanatics? They are dangerous. Such fanatics do not wish to assimilate or become loyal citizens. While ALL Afghans are not that fanatic, over 90% are fanatics according to the polls and surveys.
More Western people would object to Muslim immigration if they realized the supremacism and intolerance in the Islamic ideology.
The debacle currently in Afghanistan is going to get worse. Millions of Afghans will flee and they will regret not supporting their army against the Taliban and they will resent the American Ghost of the Oval Office for betraying their future.
NATO and countries neighboring Afghanistan have a joint interest in re-invading Afghanistan and finishing off the Taliban completely. If the Talibans are exterminated, no other Islamist army will again try to conquer the world for hundreds of years. If nothing is done, the Muslim armies of Afghanistan will produce terror attack after attack and they will assume that Allah is blessing their terrorism. The wise course is to exterminate the Taliban once for all.
gravenimage says
If the Talibans are exterminated, no other Islamist army will again try to conquer the world for hundreds of years.
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Mortimer–with all respect–what are you basing this on? The idea that pious Muslims all over the world would simply give up Jihad if the Taliban were put out of commission makes no sense. There is nothing in the Qur’an or Hadith about Muslims giving up if one Jihad terror outlet is shut down.
Beneath the Veil of Consciousness says
Poland has taken in thousands of Ukrainians. Why? Because Poles are
a welcoming people and there is no
need to worry about terrorist attacks
from Ukrainian immigrants. However,
there are legitimate concerns regarding
Brown Supremacists from Afghanistan entering their sovereign country.
commonsense says
Brown supremacists? No. Afghans are white. It’s their being Muslim that makes them dangerous. As I’m sure you know, Islam is not a race. Many Uighurs – white people – are physically beautiful. But they are murderously intolerant of the Chinese Han, and are a menace to them in Xinxiang Province. That is why the Chinese government deals with them so harshly. This, somehow, is chronically underreported, and often ignored altogether.
gravenimage says
+1
RichardL says
let me give you some background info here: we are talking about 30-40 migrants that have been imported (flown from Iraq and Egypt mainly) by the Belarus dictator to create problems for the Polish government. They are housed and fed to go to the border and make a noise and come back the next day. But the media falls for a mini ploy by a mini dictator…
James Lincoln says
RichardL,
Thanks for the back-story.
Wellington says
Echoing James Lincoln, thanks for that, RichardL. So many times both the devil and the truth are in the details.
somehistory says
And a belated thank you from this corner. We never really get the full story these days. It takes people on the inside wherever things are happening to fill in what the media leaves out, distorts or changes and twists.
gravenimage says
Thanks, Richard. The story is here:
“Belarus Creates Turmoil by Pushing Afghan Migrants to Pass Polish Border”
https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/news/belarus-creates-turmoil-by-pushing-afghan-migrants-to-pass-polish-border/
Giacomo Latta says
Gatestone reports that Lukashenko takes migrants from wherever he can find them. I doubt Lukashenko imported them to Belarus on a permanent basis to give them jobs as mere threats to neighbouring states. He would like to see them flood through any cracks in the defence of any nearby states.
somehistory says
Have the mozlums not heard the mozlums in Gaza complain and demand the “right of return”? The mozlums in Gaza claim it illegally, but these mozlums…mostly male, probably of the age where they have strength and energy to commit terrorism…can “return” to their country.
Today, there was a parade and it was being held on a main street in town. I didn’t know it was to be there exactly, so I got kind of caught in a bad traffic situation. No way to go forward…the way was blocked by cones, barriers and police people.
Not wishing to stay there for hours, I backed up, turned around, and returned from whence I had travelled until I found a way to get where I wanted to go.
so, these mozlums can just decide they can’t go further and turn around and go back. Simple.
Poland is under no obligation to allow potential terrorists to invade their nation.
Once upon a time, nations prevented invasions.
Now, the devil and his agents are “gathering the nations” for the battle of Armageddon. No way to return. It will happen.
Infidel says
Poland has done well! It’s not their responsibility to rescue President Lukashenko from his own stupidity
Wellington says
Seconded.
gravenimage says
Poland rebuked for declaring state of emergency at border over illegal Afghan arrivals
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Poland is quite right.
James Lincoln says
Poland’s President Andrzej Duda obviously did the right thing by declaring an emergency.
Compare and contrast with the actions of fraudulent resident Biden…
Check Burry says
& Bojo in uk.
OLD GUY says
Good for Poland, protecting your citizens should be the first and foremost job of our governments. Somebody needs to hold our politicians accountable for the illegal migration invasion taking place in America. I’am not against migrants, I just want to know who is coming in and sort out the criminals and threats to our country.