Overview
- Amnesty International and Human Rights First published a letter Wednesday urging Poland to stop facilitating U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) flights that transfer Ukrainians via its territory.
- The groups say ICE deported more than 50 people through Poland in November 2025 and March 2026, leaving the March passengers’ whereabouts unknown.
- They report another ICE flight carrying Ukrainians landed at Rzeszów‑Jasionka Airport on April 30, 2026.
- Poland’s Interior Ministry says there is no deportation deal with the United States and that Poland served only as a transit point with routine Border Guard checks.
- The organizations argue that forced returns to a country at war breach non-refoulement rules and ask Poland to investigate the flights, find those moved, and provide protection and remedies.