Poland: Is helping immigrants a crime? – DW – 09/07/2025
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The trial of five refugee aid workers shows how helping refugees is being criminalized in Poland. The proceedings highlight Europe's conflict between isolationism and human dignity. The verdict is pending.

The trial of five refugee aid workers shows how helping refugees is being criminalized in Poland. The proceedings highlight Europe’s conflict between isolationism and human dignity. The verdict is pending.

  • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 days ago

    The refugee family had already been pushed back twice by Polish border officials, meaning they had been forcibly returned across the border to Belarus on two occasions.

    Pushbacks are illegal under EU law. “If these are illegal, then protecting a person whose health or life is threatened by a pushback cannot be illegal,” concluded Baszuk, pleading for acquittal.

    Our clown world corporate dictatorships just can’t help but go mask off these days.