Anti-Migrant Stance Helps Boost Polish Ruling Party’s Popularity
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The Polish government’s tough anti-migrant stance is helping rebuild the popularity of the embattled ruling party, opinion surveys show.
The uptick in support comes two weeks after the nationalist government imposed an unprecedented state of emergency along Poland’s border with Belarus after thousands of immigrants, many from Afghanistan and Iraq, tried to cross the European Union’s eastern frontier. Opposition parties that criticized the decision saw their support decline.