What happened to the African students who fled Ukraine? BBC Africa

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British-Zim­bab­wean Kor­rine Sky was study­ing med­i­cine in the Ukrain­ian city of Dnipro. Now back in the UK with her fam­i­ly she has faced obsta­cles in try­ing to resume her stud­ies. Kor­rine reached out and spoke to three med­ical stu­dents, who like her, have had their dreams and edu­ca­tion­al aspi­ra­tions impact­ed by the war. Exec­u­tive Pro­duc­er: Léone…

NOT OUR WAR: Africans fleeing Ukraine — BBC Africa Eye documentary

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It’s esti­mat­ed thou­sands of Africans were among more than five mil­lion refugees flee­ing the Russ­ian inva­sion of Ukraine. As they tried to escape the car­nage, many Africans were treat­ed like sec­ond class cit­i­zens. Reports of dis­crim­i­na­tion at Ukraine’s west­ern bor­ders were wide­spread with the UN High Com­mis­sion­er for Refugees acknowl­edg­ing racist treat­ment. BBC Africa journalist,…