00:00The Polish parliament has approved the extension of legislation that temporarily suspends the right to asylum for migrants entering the country through its border with Belarus.
00:13Prime Minister Donald Tusk defended the need to extend the law, which he has framed as necessary for national security.
00:22He and his government have argued that Moscow and Minsk are deliberately encouraging migrants to cross in an attempt to destabilize Europe.
00:30The legislation has been widely criticized by him.
00:59Human Rights Groups, which have warned that it is not compatible with either international or European asylum law.
01:07Rights groups estimate that hundreds have died at the Poland-Belarus border since 2021,
01:12with thousands said to have been subject to illegal and violent pushbacks by Polish border guards.
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