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Anti-immigrant rallies staged across Poland

Release Date: 2025-07-20
Media: BBC
Summary: Anti-immigration protests took place across many towns and cities in Poland, with the largest rally in Katowice attracting around 3,000 participants. These protests were organized by the far-right party Konfederacja and other nationalist groups. Politicians from Konfederacja and the opposition Law and Justice party have warned of a surge in illegal migration, but official statistics do not support these claims.

Some gatherings held a moment of silence for a 24-year-old Polish woman murdered in Torun, with a Venezuelan man arrested in connection to the case. In Warsaw, rival rallies occurred nearby without reports of violence.

Although immigration to Poland has increased over the past decade, official figures show a decrease so far this year. Recently, Poland introduced border checks with Germany and Lithuania following Germany’s stricter controls on Polish and Czech borders. Additionally, in March, Poland temporarily suspended asylum applications for migrants entering via the Belarus border.
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