MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Piskorski added that there was no understanding as to why Poland, a country without colonial past, should bear these expenses and the risks associated with the migrant crisis.
"Poles believe that, first of all, the social and economic condition of the country does not allow them accept migrants, so-called refugees, and provide them with humanitarian aid," Zmiana’s Mateusz Piskorski said.
An opinion poll, conducted by the UK-based Populus research and strategy consultancy exclusively for Sputnik and published earlier on Tuesday, found that 51 percent of Polish respondents opposed the government’s decision to accept refugees.
He added that Polish attitudes toward migrants were formed not only by the refugees arriving from the Middle East, but also from conflict-torn Ukraine.
"The presence of Ukrainian nationals on the Polish territory has influenced the labor market, the level of salaries, and that is why the attitude of Poles towards migrants is not very positive," Piskorski noted.
Poland, alongside the Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania, initially opposed the binding EU quota system for distributing refugees.
It eventually gave in to Brussels amid threats from EU officials to cut funding for the country.
