What do you think may be a reason why Poland has accepted many Ukrainian refugees but won’t accept migrants from North Africa or the Middle East?

[Anonymous]

https://www.euronews.com/2018/01/02/poland-refuses-mid-east-migrants

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1293564/ukrainian-refugees-in-poland/#:~:text=Number%20of%20Ukrainian%20refugees%20in,2023%2C%20by%20date%20of%20report&text=Since%20February%2024%2C%202022%2C%20over,more%20than%20142%20thousand%20people.

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theconversation.com/polands-hospitality-is-helping-many-ukrainian-refugees-thrive-5-takeaways-200406

www.euractiv.pl/.../

[SakuraBlossoms87]

Why would they?

These people are not educated and the cultural differences as well as their ignorance / uneducated background makes it hard for them to integrate. Most of them are migrating because they are the bottom rungs within their own countries or have criminal history and all in all contribute little to the success of their own homelands.

This isn't racism as my grandparents were from North Africa & Iran respectfully HOWEVER educated.

And this reality is reflected if you look at other countries who have accepted people from these countries crime, rape & other statistics have skyrocketed. In areas of Sweden which accepted migrants / refugees for years some of the regions of Stockholm and other major cities are on par with 3rd world ghettos and as dangerous.

[Anonymous]

Countries aren't garbage cans for anyone who wants to come in, that's why Spain and Germany just voted conservative, because of all they years of unrestricted immigration.

[BCA6010]

Poland has had a long standing policy in no uncertain terms that they do not accept refugees in any significant number that pose a threat to undermining Poland as a nation and culture. This is also why they refuse to build a single Mosque in the country until Saudi Arabia builds a cathedral. Ukrainians are not Poles, but they share far more in common than they would with Moroccans or Tunisians. Additionally, a lot of those Ukrainian refugees may actually go back to Ukraine once the war is over- this has generally not been the case with African and Arab refugees and migrants.

[EricSummer]

It's partially racism and partially it is about cultural differences, particularly the religion of Islam.

[KostasKouvalis]

Simple, Ukrainians are Christians and have a shared history and similar language and values. And many have interbred and were already living there, but it's strange, considering Ukrainians have committed atrocities against Polish people in the past.

[ibodi]

Ukraine had evern belong to Poland.

Poland also has attemption to own it back too.

[OddBeMe]

Eastern euro is going right wing nationalism…but their history is fcked so it’s like an abused spouse going apeshit over spilled milk. Lol

[Anonymous]

why should they? white should stick with white and black should stuck with black

[Asker]

I was assuming and guessing it’s because they aren’t Muslim and because they are white.

[Opinion Owner]

well yes, we need more white people in Europe and less arabs and blacks

[Asker]

I believe a lot of non-white people in Europe weren’t born there or have parents who weren’t born in Europe. They haven’t been there for that long.

[Astarlessnightsky]

Racism.

[Asker]

This article is from 2018 which is before the Ukrainian war started. So they refused to African and middle eastern migrants before the Ukrainian war

www.euronews.com/.../poland-refuses-mid-east-migrants

[SakuraBlossoms87]

Not racism, reality.

These people are not educated and the cultural differences as well as their ignorance / uneducated background makes it hard for them to integrate. Most of them are migrating because they are the bottom rungs within their own countries or have criminal history and all in all contribute little to the success of their own homelands.

This isn't racism as my grandparents were from North Africa & Iran respectfully HOWEVER educated.

And this reality is reflected if you look at other countries who have accepted people from these countries crime, rape & other statistics have skyrocketed. In areas of Sweden which accepted migrants / refugees for years some of the regions of Stockholm and other major cities are on par with 3rd world ghettos and as dangerous.