Law and Justice announces that after taking over power, they want to deport to Ukraine men of draft age who do not legally work in Poland. organization spokesperson Rafał Bochenek justifies this plan for the region's safety and the request to win Ukraine over Russia. The Polish State has the right to require legal residence and work, but forced return to a country under war cannot be an electoral slogan without a clear legal basis.
PIS announcement and dispute over its meaning
Law and Justice want 1 of the first decisions of the future government to be to deport to Ukraine men of draft age who do not work legally in Poland. The plan would be implemented after the organization won in the election. According to Radio West, Rafał Bochenek argued that assistance to Ukraine should besides include enabling its citizens to participate in the defence of their own state.
Deputy Prime Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski of Nowa Lewica replied that the PiS is radicalizing. However, this allegation does not close the case. Behind the political dispute there are real questions about Polish security, the tightness of the residence system, the grey region and the work of the Ukrainian State for its own defence. These problems must not be swept under the carpet in the name of political correctness. They must besides not be solved in 1 conviction from the organization speaker.
Legal stay and work is the minimum
Poland has a full right to know who resides in its territory, for what title and whether it respects the law. A foreigner taking a occupation should do it legally, and the state must fight employment in a grey area. It is simply a question of fairness towards Polish workers and entrepreneurs who pay taxes and contributions. Permissiveness besides hits legally employed Ukrainians due to the fact that it creates space for exploitation and unfair competition.
Radio West cited the position of the government, according to which 95 percent of Ukrainians surviving in Poland work. However, the number itself does not explain how the group under investigation is defined, the form of employment and the legality of work. Therefore, public data and effective checks on employers are needed. A serious state does not conduct migration policy on the basis of slogans. He makes rules and consistently enforces them.
Deportation requires law and individual decision
The word “deportation” describes the action of a country with far-reaching effects on a peculiar man. Therefore, it cannot mean automatic removal of the full category of persons by nationality, sex and age alone. Each decision must take account of the residence status, household situation, protection conditions and applicable Polish and European law. Otherwise, the political announcement will collide with the courts, procedures and the fundamental seriousness of the state.
The deficiency of legal employment and illegal residence must besides be distinguished. Unemployment, illness, learning or caring for loved ones are not the same as knowingly hiding work in a grey area. If PiS wants to change the rules, it should present a bill, scope of exceptions, appeal procedure and assessment of compliance with Poland's obligations. Only then can the plan be assessed, not the run declaration itself.
Europe exacerbates the debate
The discussion is not limited to Poland. In June 2026, EU Commissioner for Home Affairs and Migration Magnus Brunner spoke about the proposal not to grant temporary protection to recently arrived people under military responsibilities. According to the Commissioner, Ukraine has requested specified a solution. However, this is not the same as the automatic deportation of people who already live legally in EU countries.
Radio West besides pointed to solutions adopted in Denmark towards men aged 23 to 60 who were not released from military service. The European direction is clear: extraordinary protection cannot proceed without end and must take account of Ukraine's defence needs. However, each State is liable for its own procedures and the legal safety of the people on its territory.
Polish business requires order, not chaos
Poland cannot be an endless social base or a helpless observer of the grey zone. He has the right to set conditions of residence, defend the labour marketplace and anticipate the authorities in Kiev to be liable for defending the state. At the same time, Warsaw should not execute another people's mobilization duties without a clear agreement, a statutory basis and securing the interests of the Republic.
The credibility of the Polish state is at stake. If regulations are broken, they should be enforced against circumstantial individuals. If the regulations are insufficient, they must be changed in the Sejm. Tough migration policy is not about collective stigma. It lies in the control, accountability and precedence of the safety of Poles. This is what national realism looks like: without naivety towards migration, without service to abroad interests and without contempt for man.
Source: Polish Radio West
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