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Updated: 10/10/2023 - 10:01

Brussels asks Poland for 'clarifications' about cash-for-visas scandal

Ylva Johansson, the European Commissioner for home affairs, has written a letter to the Polish government asking for "clarifications" about the spiralling cash-for-visas scandal that has gripped the country.

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