European Parliament member Dominik Tarczyński has issued a stark warning to Western European countries over immigration, arguing that governments must urgently reconsider how they manage migration, integration and national borders.
“If you will not stop this madness, your countries will fall. Stop this madness before it’s too late,” Tarczyński said in remarks that have circulated widely online. The statement reflects his long-standing opposition to large-scale immigration and his broader argument that European governments should place greater emphasis on national sovereignty, border security and cultural cohesion.
Tarczyński, a Polish Member of the European Parliament and member of the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group, has consistently made migration one of the central issues of his political messaging. His official biography identifies migration, Poland’s borders and national sovereignty among the subjects on which he frequently speaks.
His warning comes as immigration remains one of Europe's most politically sensitive issues. The European Union has spent years attempting to balance border security and the management of irregular migration with its obligations to refugees and people seeking international protection.
The EU's Pact on Migration and Asylum, adopted in 2024, entered into application on June 12, 2026. The framework introduces common procedures for screening and processing people arriving at Europe's external borders, while also establishing mechanisms for responsibility-sharing between member states. The European Commission says the system is intended to strengthen border management, speed up asylum procedures, improve returns and protect the fundamental rights of vulnerable people.
Recent figures also show that irregular migration into the EU has declined considerably from the levels recorded during the peak of the 2015 migration crisis. According to the European Commission's European Migration Network, 180,211 irregular border crossings were detected in 2025, 25% fewer than in 2024.
EU Council data shows that 64,067 irregular arrivals had been registered in 2026 through August, although migration patterns vary significantly by route and country.
At the same time, migration remains a significant challenge for European governments. Eurostat reported that EU countries issued 491,950 orders to leave to third-country nationals in 2025, while 135,460 people were returned to countries outside the EU, an increase of 20.9% compared with the previous year.
The humanitarian dimension has also remained serious. Reuters, citing the International Organization for Migration, reported in September 2026 that sea arrivals to Europe had fallen by approximately 39% compared with the previous year, but at least 2,292 people had died or gone missing while attempting the journey by sea.
Against this background, Tarczyński's comments represent the more restrictive side of Europe's migration debate. Supporters of tougher controls argue that governments must strengthen borders, accelerate deportations of people without a legal right to remain and ensure that migration does not overwhelm national institutions or undermine social cohesion.
Critics of such positions, however, argue that migration policy must also account for humanitarian obligations, economic realities and the protection of people fleeing war or persecution. The European Union's current approach therefore combines stronger external-border controls and returns with asylum procedures, legal migration channels and protections for vulnerable migrants.
Tarczyński's warning consequently feeds into a much broader European debate: how can countries maintain effective control of their borders while meeting international protection obligations and managing the economic and social consequences of migration?
For governments across Europe, that question is unlikely to disappear. The implementation of the EU's new migration framework, continued pressure for stronger border controls and disagreements over integration and asylum policy mean that immigration will remain one of the continent's defining political issues.
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