Poland's president condemned a government plan to temporarily suspend the right to asylum on Wednesday, saying it would harm members of the Belarusian opposition fleeing repression in their own country.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has announced plans to temporarily suspend the right to asylum as part of a new migration strategy to combat irregular migration. During a speech at a meeting of his centre-right Civic Coalition political grouping in Warsaw,

Faced with a new wave of illegal border crossings from Belarus, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk reportedly pleged a "merciless" fight against illegal migration. Tusk also called for suspending the right to asylum.