August 25, Pozirk. Poland has deported 13 foreigners allegedly involved in disturbances during Belarusian rapper Maks Korž’s concert in Warsaw on August 9, Major General Robert Bagan, head of the Polish Border Guard, told journalists.
Korž, who has lived in exile since 2024 fearing reprisals, issued a statement on August 17 condemning radical nationalism after the display of the flag of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN-UPA) by his fan at the show. The flag is banned in Poland due to the group’s involvement in massacres of ethnic Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia between 1943 and 1945.
The Polish Border Guard reported that 10 more foreigners suspected of participating in the unrest left the country voluntarily.
According to Bagan, officials declared 30 foreigners “undesirable persons” and entered their details into the Schengen Information System, preventing them from entering or residing in the Schengen area, wydarzenia.interia.pl reported.
In total, 63 foreigners remain under investigation. Bagan declined to comment on their nationality.
Korž performed before an estimated 60,000 people at Warsaw’s National Stadium on August 9. The Polish interior ministry said last week that seven Belarusians face criminal charges, while six others have been accused of minor offenses in connection with the concert. Some of them could face politically motivated persecution if deported to Belarus, an exiled opposition youth group warned earlier this month.
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