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Poland not to accept migrants under new EU migration pact, says PM

People displaced by Russia-Ukaine war selecting clothes donated by others in Medyka, Poland, Feb. 26, 2022. [Xinhua]

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tuesday that "Poland will not accept any migrants" under the newly adopted European Union's (EU) pact on migration and asylum.

Tusk told a press conference after a meeting of the Council of Ministers that his government voted against the pact. He said the pact "adopted in this form, as today, gives Poland the opportunity to avoid any negative consequences. Poland will become a beneficiary of the pact."

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