Poland: Men, women and children continue to be thrown in Europe’s most ancient forest with no right to seek international protection
April 1, 2026Warsaw, Poland 26 March— Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) urges the Polish government to restore access to asylum and international protection for all people arriving in Poland, as a fundamental human right. In the year since access to asylum...
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Poland: Polish legislators must drop harmful ‘age as a verdict’ measures for children and migrants
March 19, 2026Warsaw – As legislators in Poland draft a new law aimed at combatting human trafficking, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) urges that any measures inscribed in the legislation must not harm children. Children who are migrants are currently exposed to unreliable...
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Poland-Belarus Border: New ban on Eastern Border risks blocking MSF and civil society from reaching people in need
June 13, 2024Warsaw, 11 June 2024 – MSF is concerned that the Polish Ministry of Interior's new ban on accessing part of its Eastern border zone near the Polish-Belarusian border will risk blocking civil society access to people seeking protection, potentially leading...
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MSF leaves Polish border after being blocked from assisting people
January 6, 2022AMSTERDAM - Three months after sending an emergency response team to assist migrants and refugees crossing from Belarus to Poland, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has withdrawn teams after being repeatedly blocked by Polish authorities from accessing the forested border region, where...
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