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Evelyn Ann-Marie Dom

NGOs criticise Polish asylum law amid 'dire' conditions at Belarus border

Human rights organisations have criticised Poland's decision to temporarily suspend the right for migrants arriving via the border with Belarus to apply for asylum, fearing it may worsen the current humanitarian crisis.

"What has already been a de facto reality at the Poland-Belarus border for the past three years may be further institutionalised with the implementation of the new law," Oxfam wrote in a report published last week.

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