Migration challenges and anti-immigrant sentiment are rising across Europe, seen in Poland, Greece, and Spain.
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Anti-migration sentiment is rising in Poland, highlighted by Donald Tusk’s interview with “The Sunday Times,” where he called migration the West’s greatest threat due to worsening ethnic and cultural relations, suggesting that strict human rights regimes hinder effective migration management. While a government spokesperson clarified that Poland has no plans to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights, similar trends are seen elsewhere in Europe. Greece has suspended international protection applications amid power scandals, while extreme right-wing groups in Spain have targeted migrants. In July 2025, the Greek parliament temporarily halted asylum applications for sea arrivals from North Africa due to a surge in arrivals, though UNHCR data shows overall migrant numbers to Greece are decreasing compared to previous years. Critics argue that suspending asylum rights violates international and EU law, while some suggest allowing current migrants to work is a better solution than restrictive policies. In Spain, migration remains a major public debate, with rising xenophobic incidents fueled by social media misinformation, despite the fact that the local economy heavily relies on migrant labor in agriculture. In Poland, anti-migration rhetoric has been politically instrumentalized since 2015, escalating from initial public support for refugees to legislative actions like “pushbacks” and recent laws allowing temporary suspension of asylum rights at the border with Belarus, which human rights organizations condemn as violating international conventions.
