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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Emmanuel Akinwotu and Weronika Strzyżyńska

Nigeria condemns treatment of Africans trying to flee Ukraine

The Nigerian government has condemned the treatment of thousands of its students and citizens fleeing the war in Ukraine, amid growing concerns that African students are facing discrimination by security officials and others on the Ukrainian side and being obstructed in attempts reach Poland’s border checkpoints.

A deluge of reports and footage posted on social media in the past week has shown acts of discrimination and violence against African, Asian and Caribbean citizens – many of them studying in Ukraine – while fleeing Ukrainian cities and at some of the country’s border posts.

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