The Sejm of Poland recognises the deportation of the Crimean Tatars as genocide

The Sejm of Poland recognised the deportation of the Crimean Tatar people in 1944 as genocide, said the head of the Mejlis, Refat Chubarov. According to him, 414 members of the Polish Parliament voted for this decision. “I thank the management and members of the Sejm, I thank everyone involved in the preparation of this decision both in Poland and in Ukraine,” said Chubarov.

“The Polish Parliament became the fifth to recognise the deportation of the Crimean Tatars in 1944 as genocide. This is an extremely important decision! It was very pleasant when the Polish Sejm gave our delegation a standing ovation. Only the pro-Russian Confederation party spoke against it – 16 deputies”, – said the Chairman of the Board of the Crimean Tatar Resource Centre, Eskender Bariev, who was present during the adoption of this decision.

We will remind you that on May 8, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine called on foreign countries and international organisations to recognise the deportation of the Crimean Tatars in 1944 as genocide and to join the memory of the victims of the Crimean Tatar genocide on May 18. On May 18, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) reacted to the appeal of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine with a written declaration calling for the deportation to be recognised as genocide of the Crimean Tatar people.

Earlier, on May 9, 2019, the Latvian Sejm recognised the deportation of the Crimean Tatar people in 1944 as an act of genocide. On June 6, 2019, the Sejm of the Republic of Lithuania also adopted a resolution regarding the recognition of the deportation of the Crimean Tatar people on May 18, 1944, as an act of genocide. On May 19, 2022, the Canadian House of Commons recognised the total deportation of the Crimean Tatars in 1944 as an act of genocide.