Tri racial aux frontières de l’Ukraine (BBC News)
Indian students stranded in Ukraine desperately seek help
«Some students have praised the government’s efforts, saying embassy officials provided them with food and water when they were finally able to make it to evacuation points. But others say the government needs to do more to help them leave Ukraine, and to prevent the harassment they say they are facing at border checkpoints. Some students have alleged that they were harassed at the border with Poland by Ukrainian guards. They say the guards beat them with rods and even pulled the hair of female students and stopped them from crossing over. »
«They were just so heartless... they treated us like animals. »
Nigerian student Gabriel describes how he was treated when he crossed the Ukrainian border to Poland.
«You could hear a voice saying, ’Are you doing this because we are black? »
South Asia Editor says social media videos seem to show African and Indian students being stopped from boarding trains at the Polish border by Ukrainian officials.❞
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«Ukranian officials prioritizing white citizens to escape the war zone while actively stopping Black and Brown people from boarding vehicles is really another reminder, if one needs one, why we are always with the people, never with the state. / Stop the war, open all borders.»
(Tithi Bhattacharya on FB)