FILE PHOTO: Newly appointed Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk receives the resolution of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland from Polish Speaker of Parliament Szymon Holownia, after he won the vote of confidence for his government, in Parliament, in Warsaw, Poland December 12, 2023. REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel/File Photo
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's parliament speaker distanced himself on Monday from plans to suspend the right to asylum announced by Prime Minister Donald Tusk, amid unease in parts of the ruling coalition that the measures may break the constitution and international law.
Migration has been high on the agenda in Poland since 2021, when large numbers of people, mainly from the Middle East and Africa, started trying to illegally cross the border with Belarus in what Warsaw and the European Union said was a crisis orchestrated by Minsk and its ally Russia.
