(DPA) Polish President Andrzej Duda has signed a law that allows for authorities to temporarily suspend the right of migrants to apply for asylum under emergency conditions, citing the need to strengthen the border with Belarus.
Under the new law, in the event of a border emergency, the government could issue a decree to suspend the right of a migrant to ask for asylum for up to 60 days.
Poland considers its eastern border with Belarus to be in a state of emergency, as thousands of migrants attempt to cross the heavily fortified frontier with what Warsaw describes as active support from Belarusian authorities.
