Poland Will Tighten Asylum Rights to Cut Illegal Migration
- Tusk announces plan to sharply reduce undocumented migration
- Prime minister plans unveil more details of policy next week
Polish border guard officers at a check point in Zwardon, Poland.
Photographer: Omar Marques/Getty Images
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Poland plans to temporarily suspend asylum rights as part of a new policy that aims to reduce undocumented migration, said Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
Saturday’s announcement comes weeks after Germany extended border checks with its neighbors, and after years of a migration crisis that Poland says has been stirred up Russia and Belarus.