Outrage and Ad Pullout Follow Migrant Comments on Polish TV

Prosecutors investigate as companies withdraw advertising from TV Republika after commentators joke about sending migrants to Auschwitz and tattooing them.

• Commentators on right-wing TV Republika in Poland joked about sending migrants to Auschwitz or tattooing or microchipping them like dogs, sparking outrage and prompting an investigation by prosecutors.
• Several companies, including IKEA, Carrefour, and MasterCard, have pulled their advertising from the broadcaster in response to the comments.
• TV Republika's role as a platform for conservative views grew after the national conservative party, Law and Justice, lost control of the Polish government and public media.
• Prime Minister Donald Tusk condemned the xenophobic comments and attributed them to the rewarding of such ideas by the former government and current President Andrzej Duda.
• The Auschwitz-Birkenau state museum and the head of the Never Again anti-racism association have also condemned the comments.

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