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06.09.2021The Minister of the Interior in the Sejm: We will defend the right to respect for the sovereignty of our state border integrity"We must effectively counter illegal migration, including in the interests of those people whom Lukashenko cynically exploits. If they do not enter the European Union illegally, if our Polish border is a hard border, this crisis will end", the Head of the Ministry of the Interior, Mariusz Kaminski, told the Sejm on Monday (6 September). After a debate, the Sejm rejected a motion to repeal the decree of the President of the Republic of Poland on the introduction of a state of emergency on the territory of parts of the Podlaskie and Lubelskie Voivodeships.
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01.09.2021Extraordinary JHA Council meeting in BrusselsOn 31 August, the Ministers of Internal Affairs of the European Union met in Brussels for an extraordinary Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting. The talks concerned the impact of the situation in Afghanistan on the issues of international protection and migration and on the security of the European Union. Polish interests were represented by Deputy Minister Bartosz Grodecki.
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18.08.2021Video conference of EU Ministers of InteriorThe EU Ministers of the Interior held a video conference on Wednesday, 18 August 2021, convened by the Slovenian Presidency in the framework of Integrated Political Crisis Response (IPCR). The meeting was attended by Bartosz Grodecki, Undersecretary of State in the Polish Ministry of the Interior and Administration.
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17.08.2021Working Meeting of the Belarusian-Polish Intergovernmental Coordination Commission on Cross-Border CooperationA working meeting was held on Monday (16 August) within the framework of the Belarusian-Polish Intergovernmental Coordination Commission on Cross-Border Cooperation, attended by the Polish delegation led by Bartosz Grodecki, undersecretary of state in the Ministry of Interior and Administration, and the Belarusian side was represented by Evgeny Shestakov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus.
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16.07.2021Talks between the Ministers of Interior of Poland and LithuaniaOn Friday (16 July), Minister Mariusz Kaminski held talks with Agnė Bilotaitė, Minister of the Interior of Lithuania. The main topic of the meeting was to discuss recent events related to the increase in the influx of illegal migrants from Belarus to Lithuania.
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31.05.2021 SpainPolish-Spanish Intergovernmental ConsultationsPrime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón along with the relevant Polish and Spanish Ministers have participated in intergovernmental consultations concerning cooperation between both countries. Mariusz Kamiński, head of the Polish Ministry of the Interior and Administration, met with Fernando Grande-Marlaska Gómez, Minister of the Interior of the Kingdom of Spain.
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21.05.2021Poland united with Spain facing increased migratory pressure
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06.05.2021 WarsawPolish-Slovenian talksOn Thursday, 6th May, Minister Mariusz Kamiński met with the Minister of the Interior of Slovenia, Aleš Hojs. The talks focused on the priorities of the upcoming Slovenian Presidency of the EU Council in the area of home affairs.
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28.04.2021Meeting of the representatives of the Visegrad Group and Serbia on border protectionDeputy Minister Bartosz Grodecki attended on Wednesday (28 April this year) an expert meeting dedicated to border protection. The video conference was attended by representatives of the Visegrad Group countries (V4) and Serbia. It took place within the framework of the Polish presidency in the V4 Group.
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24.03.2021Minister Mariusz Kamiński and Deputy Minister Bartosz Grodecki took part in the G6 video conferenceThe meeting, held on-line, addressed the issues related to, among others, the international exchange of information, cybercrime and illegal migration. G6 has been operating since 2003. It is an informal initiative dedicated to the area of internal security, bringing together the largest EU Member States.