The news comes after this week’s European Union summit in Brussels during which it was decided that EUR 1 bln should be raised to help refugees currently located in camps outside the EU. The funds, which will be a collective effort, will be channelled through the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the World Food Programme.
However, despite the Prime Minister’s statement, the exact figure Poland will contribute has still to be announced. “I cannot today declare a specific figure but at next week’s Council of Ministers we will be working on adopting these resolutions and will decide on a figure. We will then be submitting this to the President of the European Council and the President of the European Commission,” Polish Health Minister Marian Zembala said after the conference.
The Prime Minister also took the opportunity to have a dig at the government’s political opponents, by declaring that the move demonstrates the future unity between Poland and the EU. “Our opponents who say we should turn our back on the EU are merely wishing to harm the country,” she said.
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