FILE PHOTO: Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk speaks to the media on the first day of a European Union leaders' summit in Brussels, Belgium June 27, 2024. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/File Photo
WARSAW (Reuters) -Poland's president condemned a government plan to temporarily suspend the right to asylum on Wednesday, saying it would harm members of the Belarusian opposition fleeing repression in their own country.
The Polish government approved a new migration strategy late on Tuesday that allows it to stop accepting asylum applications if the influx of people is destabilising the country, a measure which outraged human rights activists but which is popular with voters ahead of a 2025 presidential election.
