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Nigeria urges respect towards Africans at Ukrainian border

An African man rests as refugees from many countries - Africa, the Middle East and India - mostly students of Ukrainian universities are at the Medyka pedestrian border crossing fleeing the conflict in Ukraine, in eastern Poland [File: Wojtek Radwanski/AFP]

As the stream of people fleeing Ukraine from the Russian invasion shows no sign of abating, the Nigerian government has expressed concern over reports of discriminatory behaviour by Ukrainian and Polish border guards against Africans.

“There have been unfortunate reports of Ukrainian police and security personnel refusing to allow Nigerians to board buses and trains heading towards the Ukraine-Poland border,” read a statement published on Thursday by Nigeria’s presidency.

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