Poland will not sign the United Nations Global Compact For Migration. The Polish Minister of Defence Mariusz Błaszczak announced the decision during a radio interview. The minister argued that the document will make the migration crisis and its consequences even worse than the current state of affairs.

The United States was the first country to declare its opposition to the compact. They were soon joined by Hungary and in recent days, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Estonia, Austria, Australia and Israel also announced that they won't sign the compact either. The Belgian coalition government is split on the issue and the outcome is still uncertain. The countries unwilling to sign the document have stated that the compact doesn't differentiate enough between legal and illegal immigration as well as encouraging massive migration flows on a global scale.

The decision made by the Polish conservative government was expected as government representatives have been implying that Warsaw doesn't believe the compact to be beneficial for the country. The Minister of Interior, Joachim Brudziński, wrote on twitter in early October that he will recommend the Prime Minister to withdraw Poland from the Compact.

Brudziński wrote that the Ministry of Interior is of the opinion that the compact doesn't guarantee Poland’s safety and that it seems to encourage illegal immigration.

On November 2nd, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel during Polish-German intergovernmental consultations in Warsaw. At a joint press conference, Morawiecki stated that it's very likely that Poland won't sign the Global Compact for Migration. He stated that Poland's reluctance toward the document stems from Poland considering national sovereignty and border protecting to be issues of national security.

The Global Compact for Migration will not be legally binding but the document is considered to become a milestone on the path toward global governance of migration flows.