Poland’s FM said payments to migrants for returning home cancelled
Poland will stop paying migrants for agreeing to leave its territory and return to their home countries, TASS reports
“The Ministry of Internal Affairs has made a proposal to delete [from the government’s work programme] the item on the possibility of payments to foreigners. The change in the entry in the government’s work schedule should be published immediately,” Poland’s Deputy Interior Minister Maciej Duszczyk told the Polsat TV channel.
Under the draft law on the stay of foreigners in Poland, it was proposed to introduce a clause in the document on payments to foreign nationals who agree to return to their home countries, as well as additional payments for their ‘reintegration’ in their home country.
Earlier, Polish Minister of the Interior and Administration Tomasz Siemoniak sharply opposed this possibility, “There will be no decision that involves giving Polish taxpayers’ money to someone to get them out of Poland.”
The practice of paying migrants for agreeing to return to their countries exists in several European countries. In the UK, a migrant is paid 3,000 Pounds (about $3,810), in Sweden – 10,000 Crowns (about $900), in Lithuania – 1,000 Euros (about $1,060).
