Islamophobia in Europe: Why won’t Poland take in any Muslims? | UpFront

In this episode of UpFront, we ask Polish politician Dominik Tarczynski about his government’s immigration policy and anti-Muslim rhetoric. And in our Arena, Rim-Sarah Alouane and Benjamin Haddad discuss what’s behind the ongoing debate over secularism in France. Polish MP: ’For me, multiculturalism is not a value’ Poland’s ultra-conservative Law and Justice Party (PiS) won a second term in office last month, a victory that critics fear will accelerate the country’s slide towards authoritarianism. The PiS rose to power in 2015, following a campaign that focussed on social conservatism, along with a generous social spending programme. But the party’s refusal to take in refugees, along with its attempts to reform the judiciary - critics say at the expense of independence - has put it at loggerheads with the European Union. Just this week a top EU legal adviser said Warsaw broke the bloc’s law by refusing to take in refugees during Europe’s 20