Donald Tusk has once again criticised the Pact on Migration and Asylum and doubled down on his refusal to comply with the legislation.
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00:00Poland will not fully implement the European pact on migration and asylum.
00:06Prime Minister Donald Tusk made the announcement while speaking right next to the main proponent of the legislation,
00:12the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, during a meeting in Poland on Friday.
00:18I said it to the Poles recently in a clear way and I will repeat it to the Prime Minister today.
00:26And I am glad that my argument found a hearing and understanding,
00:30that Poland will not implement the migration pact in a way that would cause additional amounts of migrants in Poland.
00:48Poland has a large number of Ukrainian refugees who fled the war with Russia.
00:52Von der Leyen said the pact had to be implemented but added that Poland's worries will be borne in mind.
00:58Poland is under great pressure from the hybrid attacks of the regime Belarus and Russia.
01:05They cynically exploit human despair.
01:10They lure migrants to the border with the cooperation of smugglers and traffickers and criminal networks.
01:17While holding the presidency of the Council of the EU, Poland seems to be trying to secure some exemptions to the pact,
01:23such as having some asylum seekers relocated to other member states.
01:28Poland made security its main slogan of the presidency.
01:32This security also means a restrictive migration policy.
01:37However, if the European Commission adheres to the ambitious plans of the Polish presidency,
01:43we will have to wait a few months for an answer.
01:47Now, however, it is also clear that migration policy is the main topic of the upcoming presidential election campaign in Poland.
01:57From Gdańsk, for Euronews, Dominika Ciosic.