In Poland, a scandal exploded due to the mass issuing of Schengen visas to the Russians: what is known

The Russians illegally received Visa under the Poland Business Harbor program, although the ban on this has been in force since March 1, 2022. The Visa Center conducted, as noted, too surface verification of applicants' documents. The Polish government, headed by Tadeusz Moravtsky, illegally issued a large number of Schengen visas to the Russians as part of the Poland Business Harbor program and other programs.

Visa was issued, despite the restrictions on March 1, 2022 as a war in Ukraine, reports Schengen. news. According to the report of the High Accounting Chamber of Poland, by the end of 2023, within the framework of only one Business Habor program, 1838 Polish Schengen visas were issued to citizens of Russia, which "causes concern about the possible breaking and security of the country.

" In addition, visas were issued to the Russians through a visa center aimed at accelerating and facilitating the process of obtaining documents. Moreover, the report states that the documents were issued to the Russians even after the Ministry of Family and Social Policy prohibited the issuance of visas that allow entry to the Schengen area for the purpose of employment for citizens of this nationality.

Despite the ban, the data show that by the end of October 2023, the Russians were issued another 55 working visas. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk responded to the report, saying that the worst suspicions had been confirmed. On his page on the social network X, he stated that the government of "right and justice" had dropped a large number of foreigners into the country in exchange for bribe.

"While Polish soldiers and border guards risked their health and life to protect us from the wave of illegal migration organized by Putin and Lukashenko, the POS government dropped 366 thousand people from Asia and Africa for bribes. Tusk. Poland's intelligence department, for its part, stated that the scandal would have a negative impact on the country's visa policy.

It found that the violations included, among other things, too surface checking of the documents submitted by the applicants, especially for student visas, including incomplete statements. We will remind, in February 2024 in the Czech Republic they stated that no longer issued visas and residences of residence to citizens of Russia and Belarus. Focus also wrote that in the European Union they were urged to take urgent measures against Hungary, as Budapest was going to issue visas to the Russians.