Poland: "Illegals" Demand Abolition

A group of Ukrainian women have started a petition to grant amnesty to "illegals" living in Poland. The appeal comes at the time that the Ministry of the Interior is working on ammending the Act on Foreigners.

Although there were already amnesty periods twice in Poland after 1989, only 0.5% of "illegals" could use it because of strict requirements that nobody could fulfil such as having a work contract. In fact, there are no permanent work contracts with either "illegals" or even foreigners with work permits since even legal work permits are only for a fixed period - usually one or two years.