The Demagog assessed Prime Minister Donald Tusk's statement that Poland does not accept asylum applications as false. The authors wrote that only a temporary restriction on the ability to submit applications for international protection at the border with Belarus was implemented, which had exceptions. To support its assessment, Demagog cited data from the Office for Foreigners: in the first half of 2026, approximately 2,600 applications for international protection were accepted, and protection was granted to 851 people. In 2025, 95 asylum applications were accepted and 13 were granted. The authors also stated that from March 25, 2025, to September 16, 2026, applications were received from 191 foreigners at the border with Belarus, who belonged to so-called vulnerable groups. Demagog noted that international protection is often referred to as asylum, although in Polish law these are two distinct concepts. He added that even if Tusk meant the limitation on applications at the border with Belarus, his statement falsely represented the situation. The creators conveyed that the report came from one of the readers. https://t.co/Ky55APjBpp #azyl #ochronamiędzynarodowa #Polska (translated)
