WARSAW, Aug. 20 -- When the war began in February 2022 and Poland opened its border to people fleeing it, 94 percent of Poles told pollsters they approved. In July this year, for the first time in the two decades CBOS has asked the question, more of them opposed taking in Ukrainian refugees than supported it. On Monday the Interior Ministry went on X to advertise how many foreigners it had removed from the country.

Around 6,000 people were deported in the first half of 2026, the ministry said, roughly 30 percent more than in the same period last year. It set that against 3,000 for the whole of 2023 and 10,000 for 2025. "The efficiency of the Border Guard and Polish police, combined with a tough migration policy, is producing tangible res...