Unofficially: Poland will be released from the obligation to accept migrants again in 2027

As the RMF FM correspondent found out, the Polish authorities have been providing the European Commission with all data and information regarding the migration situation for weeks. They expect a positive decision from the European Commission.

This is about the mandatory solidarity mechanism, which is part of the EU Migration Pact. This began to be applied across the EU from June this year. It obliges Member States to support countries under migratory pressure. They can do this in three ways: by accepting migrants as part of relocation, by paying money (about EUR 20,000 for one unaccepted migrant) or by providing technical and equipment assistance.

Poland has already been exempted from this mechanism for this year, as the RMF FM correspondent was the first to report.

Poland is a country threatened by migration pressure

In last year's report, the European Commission recognized Poland both as a country at risk of increased migration pressure and as a country in a difficult migration situation. Due to this assessment, Warsaw was released from its obligations under the EU Migration Pact. At that time, Brussels took into account primarily the large number of refugees from Ukraine staying in Poland and the continuing migration pressure on the border with Belarus.

Not much has changed since last year - explains the RMF FM journalist's interlocutor. Refugees from Ukraine are still in Poland, and tensions on the border with Belarus persist, and the assessment methodology has also remained unchanged - he adds. According to this unofficial information, Poland will again receive a derogation: it will not have to accept migrants in 2027, pay "fines" or send operational support. The point is that the migration situation in Poland has not changed. There will be no surprise - Katarzyna Szymańska-Borginion heard.

The exemption is temporary. Next year, the EC will make another decision on this matter.

The European Commission, like last year, is late in presenting the report. Theoretically, the deadline expired in the middle of this month - then the EC claimed that it would take place on October 27, and now the date has been announced as November 4.

According to unofficial information, its approval by member states in the EU Council should be a formality.