Who's spoiling us

We showed the whole world our determination by defending the borders of Poland, the EU and the Schengen area. Despite all kinds of attacks, various fools and traitors, various irresponsible people. The Polish soldier rose to the occasion.

The words that President Andrzej Duda said on August 15 during the ceremony commemorating the Battle of Warsaw in 1920 sound like metal screeching against glass. Or - like one of the many statements of the incumbent president that one would like to forget to respect the majesty of the Republic of Poland.

A year has passed since Usnarz started the drama on the border between Poland and Belarus. During this year a lot has been written and said on this subject, almost - everything. For a year, a wall was erected - a dam that protects Poland's security to the same extent as environmental protection services have protected the second largest Polish river. So - not at all. The wall was intended to stop the migrants, meanwhile - they continue their journey through Polish forests. More wounded, with mutilated faces, broken limbs - but they are walking. Regardless of the fact that Polish soldiers are equal to the task.

Migrants - accepting for a moment the argument that they cannot be called refugees, since Poland is not the first "safe" country to be crossed, as true - those who were not pushed by Border Guard officers to Belarus and those who failed get to Germany, stay in closed centers, deprived of basic rights, including to health care - even the representatives of the Human Rights Defender , speak about it as part of the debates on the humanization of medicine held in university lecture halls and considerations on the deficiencies of patient-centeredness in the Polish health care system.

Evidence of deep humanism, or maybe just - humanity and faithfulness to the ideals of their professions - was demonstrated by the volunteers of the Medycy na Granicy campaign and all the others, who for the last year, without the support of the state and sometimes against the state, provided human service as far as possible . A suffering, tired, sick, threatened by freezing man. Migrants, refugees - people. Because guarding the state border is as important as ensuring that we do not cross the border beyond which our humanity ends.

In the analyzes of foreign media, but also in the statements of sociologists, ethics and social psychologists, there is often a reflection that the events on the border with Belarus cast a shadow on the unprecedented sacrifice and solidarity of Polish society towards refugees from Ukraine. The situation is much more complicated, and Andrzej Duda's statement proves that the majority of society did not have a chance to behave as it should towards a handful - compared to the wave of Ukrainian military refugees - people who became double or even multiple victims - not only of persecution whether there is no chance for life in their countries or regions, but also the manipulation of Russian-Belarusian propaganda and actions by secret services. The fish goes bad from the head. Unfortunately, it is very similar with society.