Ukraine has barred an employee of the Polish Institute of National Remembrance from entering the country
An employee of the Wrocław branch of the Polish Institute of National Remembrance has been barred from entering Ukraine for a period of three years. He learned of the restriction while traveling to the reburial of victims of the Volhynia tragedy.
Michał Sekierka, a research associate at the Wrocław branch of the Institute of National Remembrance, was unable to attend the funeral of the victims of the Volhynia tragedy in Ostrówki and Wola Ostrowiecka because he was barred from entering Ukraine. He only learned of the ban when his documents were checked at the border.
The first reports on this matter appeared on Tuesday (September 1) on social media. The “Community and Memory” profile published information stating that Michal Sekierka, vice president of the Society for the Commemoration of the Victims of Crimes Committed by Ukrainian Nationalists and a research fellow at the Wrocław branch of the Institute of National Remembrance, was denied entry into Ukraine.
On Sunday, August 30, the researcher attempted to cross the Polish-Ukrainian border to participate in funeral ceremonies for the victims of the Volhynia tragedy in Ostrivky and Volia Ostrovetska. It was then that he learned that in November 2023, a three-year ban on his entry into Ukraine had been imposed.
“He was informed that in 2023, the SBU had added him to the list of individuals prohibited from entering Ukraine. No reason for this decision was given. Even the consul’s intervention did not help Michal,” reads a post on the “Community and Memory” social media page.
The entry ban is valid until November 28, 2026. The reason for imposing it in November 2023 was not specified.
Kamil Dworaczek, director of the Wrocław branch of the Institute of National Remembrance, confirmed that this incident did indeed take place.
At the same time, he emphasized that Michal Sekierka was traveling to Ukraine not as a representative of the Institute of National Remembrance, but in a private capacity—as vice president of the Society for the Commemoration of the Victims of Crimes Committed by Ukrainian Nationalists.
This was reported by Gazeta Wroclawska.
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