The European Commission said on Tuesday that Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Croatia, Austria and Poland are facing severe migrant pressure and will be able to apply for a full or partial exemption from the relocation of migrants for the coming year under the EU's asylum and migration pact.

"For months, we have been saying that there is no agreement on any relocation mechanisms. Poland bears the huge costs of protecting the borders of the European Union, is under migrant pressure from Belarus and has accepted war refugees from Ukraine. Importantly, the decision to submit such an application means protection for many years, not only for a year. We announced this and kept our word" - said the Minister of the Interior and Administration Marcin Kierwiński quoted in the communication of the Ministry of Interior and Administration.