Today (28 January 2021), Deputy Minister Bartosz Grodecki participated at an informal meeting of the Justice and Home Affairs Council (JHA) organised by the Portuguese Presidency. The meeting discussed key issues for the future of the European Union, such as the migration and asylum policy, the future of Europol and the challenges faced by the Schengen area, particularly in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

On 11 January 2021, Mr Bartosz Grodecki, Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of the Interior and Administration, held a discussion with Mr Eduardo Cabrita, the Portuguese Minister of the Interior. These were the first consultations of Portugal’s six-month Presidency of the Council of the European Union, inaugurated on 1 January. The subjects of discussion were the presidency's most important plans in the area of home affairs, particularly with regard to the European Union's future migration and asylum policy.

On Wednesday (December 23), Bartosz Grodecki, undersecretary of state in the Ministry of Interior and Administration, Coordinator of Polish-German cross-border and regional cooperation, handed over to Dietmar Woidke, the Minister-President of Brandenburg, Coordinator of the German side, the offer of help which was already submitted by the Polish government to the German partner.

As a result of the decision of the Undersecretary of State Bartosz Grodecki, Polish migration services have started implementing a project aimed at supporting their Moldovan counterparts in the field of force returns' organisation according to the international standards. The project will last till February 2022.

Minister Mariusz Kamiński, together with his counterparts from the Visegrad Group and Estonia and Slovenia, signed a common position on the New Pact on Migration and Asylum. The document was submitted to the German and the upcoming Portuguese Presidencies of the Council of the European Union and the European Commission.