In a provocative move that will likely set off alarm bells in Brussels and Berlin, Poland’s conservative opposition party Prawo i Sprawiedliwość (PiS) announced today that it is submitting a draft law to the Sejm allowing the Polish government to temporarily ban the entry of citizens from selected third countries—specifically those from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
The party claims the measure is a response to a growing migration crisis and government inaction at the country’s borders.
“The first element of our proposed actions is a draft law introducing a temporary ban on the entry of third-country nationals—especially individuals from the Middle East and North Africa—who attempt to cross the Polish border illegally,” said PiS parliamentary leader Mariusz Błaszczak.
The proposed law would give the Polish Council of Ministers (RM) the authority to issue an executive regulation designating specific countries whose nationals would be denied entry. Crucially, the law would permit Polish border guards to turn back these individuals without initiating asylum procedures on Polish territory. Appeals could only be lodged from abroad, not from within Poland.
Although no countries are explicitly named in the draft, the reference to the Middle East and North Africa suggests nationals from countries such as:
These nationalities are often cited in PiS rhetoric around “illegal migration,” especially in the context of hybrid threats allegedly orchestrated via Belarus and the secondary movement of migrants from Germany.
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