(VOVworld) – German President Joachim Gauck called on Polish president Andrei Duda to take in more refugees during their talks in Berlin on Friday. Polish President Andrzej Duda has made his first visit to Berlin since taking office less than a month ago. Duda insisted that Poland was not in a position to take in any more than the 2,000 refugees arriving in the EU from places like Iraq and Syria that it has agreed to receive over the next two years. He explained that his country had taken in "thousands" of people fleeing the conflict in eastern Ukraine: He added that any escalation in that conflict could cause a "large number" of others to head west from Ukraine. Speaking at a joint conference with his German counterpart, Duda said the problem of refugees coming to the European Union should be solved by helping those who arrived, supporting peace and prosperity in their countries of origin and fighting against smuggling.