Poland's migration debate: paradoxes and policies

With roughly a million Ukrainian refugees now residing in Poland and fears about hybrid war and border security unabated, discussions about migration have become entangled with a range of domestic and foreign policy issues, from a rise in hate crimes to gaps in the labor market and support for Ukraine. Polish officials, meanwhile, are sticking to tough policies and even harsher rhetoric, even as Ukrainians give Poland an economic boost and continue to contain Russia on the battlefield next door. For The Beet, journalist and Turan Tales founder Agnieszka Pikulicka unpacks Poland’s roiling migration debate.