Poland’s Tusk plans to suspend right to asylum in face of border pressure

Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk said he plans to temporarily suspend the right to asylum (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis, File)

Poland’s leader said on Saturday that he plans to temporarily suspend the right to asylum as part of a new migration policy, pointing to its alleged abuse by eastern neighbour Belarus, and Russia.

Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that “the state must regain 100% of the control over who enters and leaves Poland,” and that a territorial suspension of the right to asylum will be part of a strategy that will be presented to a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Polish news agency PAP reported.