“A foreigner receives a roof over their head, food, education, knowledge, and healthcare, while Poles are left with meager hospital rations, long queues for doctors, cuts in drug reimbursements, etc. We must say enough to this way of treating Poles, because we have done nothing to deserve such a situation,” Andrzej Kosztowniak, PiS MP and former finance minister, told Niezależna.pl.
According to data provided to Niezależna.pl, in 2025, the daily maintenance rate in centers for foreigners increased by 11 zł per day for each person staying there. Meanwhile, the daily food allowance in hospitals fell from 25.62 zł to 21 zł.
“The daily cost of maintaining one foreigner in a center with medical care in 2025 is 140.33 zł. In 2024, the daily cost amounted to 131.08 zł – 11 zł less,”
according to available information.
At the end of December 2025, the total number of places in centers for foreigners was 1,525. In that month, 711 people were staying in centers overseen by the Office for Foreigners.
The daily rate for collective meals in the center results from the Regulation of the Minister of the Interior and Administration of October 6, 2023, on the amount of assistance for foreigners applying for international protection. It amounts to 11 zł.
“Poles are being treated worse and worse”
Niezależna.pl asked Andrzej Kosztowniak, PiS MP and former finance minister, for comment.
“The government is cutting spending in areas that are most crucial for any developed state, namely healthcare,” he points out, citing, among other things, the liquidation of the “Good Meal” program.
“For decades, generation after generation, Poles sustained the healthcare system, worked, paid taxes, and now it is increasingly difficult to find funds for them. On the other hand, more and more money is being allocated to immigrants, who are being cynically used and transported to Europe. This is completely incomprehensible. These immigrants are very often not interested in any work in Poland at all,”
he adds.
“Our grandfathers and fathers worked for many years; now they end up in hospitals and face worse conditions there than people who have been brought here and do not intend to have any meaningful connection with our country. We, as citizens, must firmly say enough to this policy,”
he continues.
“A foreigner receives a roof over their head, food, education, knowledge, and healthcare, while Poles are left with meager hospital rations, long queues for doctors, cuts in drug reimbursements, etc. We must say enough to this way of treating Poles, because we have done nothing to deserve such a situation,” the politician emphasizes.
Andrzej Kosztowniak points to one more very important element.
“If immigrants see that social benefits and living conditions in Poland are getting better and better, they will not hesitate to come to our country. Naturally, we will become a more attractive destination,” he stresses.
“They do not have to work; they are guaranteed a roof over their head, care, and food. Who wouldn’t want that? By presenting this approach, the Polish government is encouraging these people to come to Poland in large numbers,” he adds.
“A large part of Western Europe wants to get rid of a problem it created itself. Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and Belgium – all of them accepted immigrants uncritically, without later knowing what to do with them. Short-sightedness and foolishness have led to a serious problem in Europe today. Decision-makers are throwing up their hands and saying: Help us! And one such form of help is, among other things, the Migration Pact, through which immigrants will be forcibly assigned to other countries,”
he recalls.
“Many Britons, Dutch, and Germans are afraid to function within their own societies. And this situation will be repeated in Poland. Especially if we do not draw conclusions from the situation in other countries,” he concludes.