Poland DEFIANT

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EU threatens to PUNISH them for not accepting refugees.

THE Polish ministry of foreign affairs is set to contest European Commission plans to penalise the country for refusing to accept any refugees as part of an EU relocation scheme. The revelation comes after the Commission said it would prepare penalties over refugee inaction for Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic. Dimitris Avramopoulos, European Commissioner for Migration, said: “Europe is not only about requesting funds or ensuring security”, but insisted that the move was “not a punishment” and the Commission could reverse its decision “if the governments reconsider their position”.
In response, the Polish ministry said Warsaw had shown solidarity in the migrant crisis by protecting its external borders.

In a statement, it said: “In 2016 alone Poland seconded 433 Border Guard officers to take part in joint operations coordinated by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex), including a 227-strong deployment in Greece.” The ministry also said referenced its allocation of around 118.5million Polish złoty (£24.8million) to measures in aid of victims of the conflicts in Syria and Iraq as an example of its efforts to forge stronger humanitarian engagement in the region.

Fuck the EU.