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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lorne Cook and Vanessa Gera

Poland vows not to bow to EU migrant rules and threatens to veto any refugee relocation plan

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Poland’s prime minister insisted Thursday that his country would not be forced to accept European Union rules on migration, and he vowed to veto any plan that might force countries to take in refugees.

“An attack on Europe is underway. Europe’s borders are not secure. The safety of the inhabitants of our continent is at stake,” Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said in a video statement. He said he would propose “a plan for secure borders” to EU leaders at a summit in Brussels.

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