Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo came under fire on Wednesday after she appeared to defend her government's anti-migrant policy during a speech a ceremony in Auschwitz.
At a ceremony commemorating the 77th anniversary of the first transport of prisoners who entered the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp, Szydlo said, according to Reuters, that "Auschwitz is a lesson showing that everything needs to be done to protect one's citizens".