Andrzej Sebastian Duda (born 16 May 1972) is a Polish lawyer and politician who has served as president of Poland since 6 August 2015. Before becoming president, Andrzej Duda was a member of Polish Lower House (Sejm) from 2011 to 2014 and the European Parliament from 2014 to 2015.
Polish LGBT+ people are leaving in huge numbers to escape hate and get ‘dignity’
Huge numbers of LGBT+ Polish people are leaving the country in a wave of ‘dignity emigration’. The wave of migration has been building for years but now seems to be increasing after anti-LGBT+ President Andrzej Duda won re-election.
Many are helped by the fact that Poland is part of the EU. That gives them an automatic right to live, work and study in any other EU member country.
However a few are planning or living a new life further afield – including in the USA, Canada, New Zealand. Meanwhile others wish they could leave but feel they are too old or are tied to jobs they couldn’t easily get in another country.
Polish LGBT+ campaigner Bart Staszewki said on Facebook: ‘The first massive wave of emigration was around Poland’s entry into the
