POLAND’S education minister announced today that steps have been taken by Polish authorities to extradite Yaroslav Hunka from Canada to answer for his role in an infamous Ukrainian Nazi Division during World War II.

The speaker of the Canadian Parliament, Anthony Rota, invited Mr Hunka to sit in the gallery during an address to lawmakers by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and was given two standing ovations by parliamentarians, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

It later emerged that Mr Hunka was part of the Nazi collaborator First Ukrainian Division, originally the 14^th Grenadier Division of the Waffen SS, which played a role in massacres of Poles and Jews during the second world war.

Mr Rota issued an apology after claiming that he issued the invitation to his constituent but was unaware of Mr Hunka’s past.

But calls are continuing to intensify for Mr Rota to resign as Speaker.

The speaker’s actions have also sparked outrage outside Canada.  

Przemyslaw Czarnek, Poland’s education minister said in a social media post today: “In view of the scandalous events in the Canadian Parliament, which involved honouring, in the presence of President Zelensky, a member of the criminal Nazi SS Galicia formation, I have taken steps towards the possible extradition of this man to Poland.”