The Polish Senate failed a special law on refugees from Ukraine
The Polish Senate failed to vote for a special law determining the status of refugees from Ukraine who arrived in the country after the start of a special Russian military operation on February 24.
Polish senators voted against it not at all because of a changed opinion about what is happening in Ukraine - Warsaw still supports Kyiv. The dispute arose in connection with an attempt to include in the law a provision on exemption from official and criminal liability for officials who violate procedures during the migration crisis. The opposition believes that this proposal could lead to widespread crime.
And if earlier in the Sejm a relatively small faction of the radical right from the Confederation party, skeptical about immigrants, voted “against”, now in the Senate the law was “failed” by the liberal opposition, which has a majority, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
The bill on providing assistance to residents of Ukraine - refugees from the war zone - provides for a number of preferential conditions, effectively equating migrants in rights with Polish citizens. A special law has been prepared by the government. It was supposed to come into force by the end of the week.
Due to the unsuccessful vote, one and a half million Ukrainian citizens in Poland remain in an uncertain legal status. The government continues to hope that the law, once finalized, will be approved after the weekend.
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