More than 12,000 African students from Morocco, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Ethiopia, Somalia, and other countries studying in Ukraine, are attracted by the high quality of education and affordable costs.
Africans fleeing Ukraine—most of them students—have said they faced racism and discrimination at the Medyka border between Poland and Ukraine while trying to leave Ukraine. ‘They won’t let Africans in. Blacks without European passports cannot cross the border... They’re pushing us back just because we’re Black!’ said a Nigerian student, to FRANCE 24.
Despite Ukraine’s cold weather and a shortage of food and other supplies, several Africans claim that officials forcibly barred...
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