'STOP illegal migration! NO to Mercosur' - right-wing protestors take to the streets in Warsaw

Published on 11/10/2025 - 19:57 GMT+2

Carrying Polish flags and marching done nan streets of nan capital, thousands of demonstrators expressed their guidance to forbidden migration and Prime Minister Donald Tusk's ruling coalition.

The event's main organiser and president of Law and Justice, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, said astatine a rally earlier nan protestation began, appealing to participants not to spot nan premier minister's words, calling them "old games".

"I said location would beryllium nary relocation of migrants successful Poland and location won't be! It's a done deal. That we will seal nan obstruction connected nan separator pinch Belarus - and it is nan best-guarded separator successful Europe today. That we will tighten visa and asylum laws - and Poland has go a exemplary for others. We are doing, not talking!" nan Prime Minister wrote connected X anterior to nan rally.

Just hours later, Kaczynski responded astatine nan match.

"Today Donald Tusk, who not truthful agelong agone said that Poland would person to beryllium punished for nan truth that our authorities [Law and Justice] was capable guarantee that this statement did not participate into unit astatine that clip [...] Today, each of a abrupt he announces that adjacent twelvemonth we will not person migration [in Poland]," Kaczynski said.

"Don't beryllium fooled, these are aged games," he added.

Kaczyński called for an extremity to nan Tusk government.

"We must disregard Tusk, distant pinch Tusk. We must rebuild everything that this authorities has managed to destroy," Kaczyński said to nan crowd of demonstrators.

The gathering was besides attended by respective different Law and Justice politicians, including erstwhile Prime Ministers Beata Szydło and Mateusz Morawiecki and erstwhile Defence Ministry main Mariusz Blaszczak.

In her reside astatine nan rally, Szydło called for nan unity of blimpish nine and challenged nan Prime Minister's words.

"We must merge arsenic a achromatic and reddish squad and we must induce those who spot what is happening successful Poland coming and are worried astir their future," Szydło said.

"Today is nan clip erstwhile we must beryllium together. You can't judge Tusk, but you besides can't judge those who govern successful nan European Union" - she added.

Asking those gathered whether they believed that Poland would not beryllium bound by nan migration pact, she said: "It is arsenic if you judge Angela Merkel, who, erstwhile bringing this disaster to Europe, said that everything would beryllium nether control."