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17 Nov 2021

“In 2015, it was the first time the refugee policy was discussed at a national level in Poland. Right-wing groups began fuelling an anti-immigrant sentiment by referring to migrants as terrorists who would destabilise Poland and the EU. But people who are afraid of refugees often don't know anything about them. A lot of people living in this border zone are old and lived through the Second World War. They know what it's like to be a refugee. They initially kept their doors open to help those stranded in the forest, but Polish border guards have ordered them not to do so.”

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