Poland recognized the deportation of Crimean Tatars as genocide
In 1944, the Polish parliament adopted a resolution recognizing the deportation of the Crimean Tatars as an act of genocide. The decision was supported by an absolute majority: 414 deputies voted in favor, 16 voted against, and two abstained.
"On the morning of May 18, 1944, the government of the Soviet Union began to deport the Crimean Tatars from the Crimean peninsula, and in just three days, they forcibly moved about 200,000 people to Central Asia and Siberia."
Polish lawmakers also condemned Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014, calling it a "gross violation" of international law and the UN Charter.
"The deportation of Crimean Tatars from Crimea in 1944 was an act of genocide against the Crimean Tatar people," the document says.
Poland became the fifth country after Canada, Ukraine, Latvia and Lithuania to recognize the deportation of Crimean Tatars as genocide.
Historical information: On May 18, 1944, the Soviet regime led by Joseph Stalin exiled tens of thousands of Crimean Tatars to Central Asia, accusing them of collaborating with the Nazis. According to information, almost half of the deportees died of hunger and disease in the harsh conditions of exile.
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