MEP Witold Waszczykowski says migrants in France were given welfare, freedom and the ability to practice their religion and culture freely.
The former head of Polish diplomacy, Witold Waszczykowski, admits that French police brutality may have played a role in inflaming the troubles engulfing France. However, he feels nothing can condone the level of violence France is experiencing. He asserted that this violence is coming from the immigrant communities that have failed to assimilate in France and who reject French law and culture.
In an interview with conservative news outlet wPolityce.pl, Waszczykowski said that Poland should learn a lesson from the riots in France.
“If migrants from Africa, from the old French colonies, reject a culture they are familiar with, then how would they react to a culture they had no experience or knowledge of, such as that of Poland’s?” asks Waszczykowski. There would practically be no chance of them assimilating, and Poland would be importing people who were permanently alienated, frustrated, and in constant need of welfare support, he added.