Poland Votes for Live Ammunition To Repel Migrants at Border — While French Left Urges ‘Respectful Welcome’
Lopsided vote comes as attitudes in Europe harden against the visa-less migrants, generally young men from impoverished Muslim nations.
Polish parliamentarians, in a first for modern Europe, have voted overwhelmingly to allow soldiers and border guards to use live ammunition to repel migrants trying to break into the country from Belarus. The 401 to 17 vote in favor comes after a migrant stabbed a 21-year-old soldier to death last month at the border.
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