{"id":91037,"date":"2024-06-16T22:49:37","date_gmt":"2024-06-16T19:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/91037\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"polish-pm-says-relocated-belarusian-it-specialists-may-be-foreign-agents","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/91037\/","title":{"rendered":"Polish PM says Belarusian IT relocation abused to set up spy rings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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June 16, Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk accused the previous Polish government of allowing “hundreds of thousands” migrants from Asia and Africa as well as IT specialists from Russia and Belarus to settle down in Poland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The move helped foreign states set up their spy networks in Poland, he has said on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In late January, Polish Foreign Minister Rados\u0142aw Sikorski suspended Poland Business Harbor (PBH) on suspicion that the program is vulnerable to abuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Established in September 2020 to attract professionals from Belarus-based IT companies to Poland, PBH was later expanded to include Armenia, Georgia, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The program reportedly failed to live up to expectations, as PBH visas were often used for other purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Warsaw issued 93,000 visas to Belarusians under PBH, yet only about 15,000 foreigners with PBH visas from various countries have relocated to Poland since 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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