Anti‑immigration protests have taken place in dozens of cities and cities throughout Poland.
Most demonstrations attracted a number of hundred individuals or fewer on Saturday – however police estimated that about 3,000 took half within the largest rally within the southern metropolis of Katowice.
The protests have been organised by far-right political group Konfederacja, and one other nationalist organisation.
Politicians from Konfederacja and the opposition Regulation and Justice occasion have been warning a couple of flood of unlawful migration in Poland – however official figures don’t help their claims.
“With out closing Poland to unlawful immigration, with out beginning deportation campaigns, with out abandoning political correctness… safety will step by step deteriorate,” Konfederacja co-chairman Krzysztof Bosak instructed the group within the japanese metropolis of Bialystok.
A minute’s silence was held at some gatherings in reminiscence of a 24-year-old Polish girl murdered within the central metropolis of Torun.
Within the capital Warsaw, rival rallies happened simply metres away. There have been no stories of violence.
Police have since arrested a Venezuelan man within the case.
Proper-wing politicians declare Poland is in peril of being flooded by unlawful migrants.
Immigration has elevated during the last decade – however official figures present that migration is decrease to this point this yr than in earlier years.
Earlier this month, Poland launched checks on its borders with Germany and Lithuania after Berlin started turning away asylum seekers. Germany launched its personal controls on the Polish and Czech borders in 2023.
