It’s reported they had to allow Ukrainians to board trains first.
Refugees from Africa, the Middle East and India at the Medyka pedestrian border crossing in Poland. They are fleeing the conflict in Ukraine, on 27 February 2022. Photo: Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP
The harassment of Africans was confirmed by both the South African government and Africa Facts Zone, Africa’s biggest fact-checker platform. It posted footage of Africans being refused entry into a train taking people from Ukraine to Poland. “Africans were forced to wait for Ukrainians to go first in several trains, and had to wait until all Ukrainians had boarded trains before they were allowed to get into one,” it said.reported that Indian students stranded at the Poland-Ukraine border had faced a similar problem earlier.
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