“This Is Not the Polish Path”: Polish President Draws a Line on Migration
24th June 2026
Polish President Karol Nawrocki has warned that Poland must not follow what he called the failed Western European model of using immigration to address demographic decline, arguing that the approach has created social problems without solving falling birth rates.
Speaking at the Poland Future Summit in Warsaw on Monday, the conservative president said Poland should respond to its demographic crisis by strengthening families and encouraging higher birth rates rather than relying on migration.
“Migration has not solved the problem; it has only brought ghettoisation, assimilation problems, social unrest, and everything else Western Europe is grappling with today,” Nawrocki said.
“This is not, and will not be, the Polish path. We will not replace the demographic crisis by succumbing to migration pressure.”