Demonstrators carry Polish flags during a march marking the National Independence Day in Warsaw, Poland November 11, 2021. Dawid Zuchowicz/Agencja Wyborcza.pl via REUTERS
WARSAW (Reuters) - Thousands gathered in Warsaw for an annual Independence Day march carrying Polish and nationalist group flags, an event the far-right organizers dedicated to uniformed "protectors of the border" amid an escalating migrant crisis at the country's eastern border.
Warsaw authorities had secured a court ban on the event that runs separately from official celebrations and has a history of occasional violence, but Poland's nationalist administration helped challenge the ban.
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