Racism! Middle East is not happy with Ukraine:

With millions of citizens in Ukraine fleeing the country after Russia initiated a deadly attack on Feb. 24, there have been increasing reports of racism against Black people in Ukraine as they try to leave the country.

The hashtag #AfricansinUkraine is being used on Twitter to highlight cases of racial injustice, and to highlight the ways that Black people are being left behind in the rush to flee danger.

According to the Independent, Black people seeking to leave the country have been abandoned at border crossings, and have been discriminated against in their attempts to board public transport to evacuate the country. One citizen even told the Independent that he and his family were denied entry to a bus on its way to cross the border, being told, “no blacks.”

“I cannot imagine a scenario where white Ukranians would ever be denied asylum, so how they’re treating us is unwarranted. It’s baseless. We are all escaping so let’s push a common thread,” the citizen said.

A medical student also caught in the conflict took to social media to report their experience, and said that it continued even after they were eventually able to cross the border after hours of traveling.

“...Several buses crossing every hour and not one foreigner allowed across,” they wrote on Twitter. “We finally made it across and we’re told accommodation at the hotel is only for Ukrainians. No sleep or food in 3 days… Why does nationality determine who rests?”

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