Alexander Somto Orah, a 25-year-old Nigerian pupil, says he confronted discrimination when attempting to flee the struggle in Ukraine.
"The primary discrimination was in Kyiv," he mentioned.
“They had been permitting solely ladies and youngsters. I mentioned, ‘OK. That is advantageous, however I do not see you taking the opposite African ladies and the opposite Center Japanese ladies, they're pregnant'."
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When Alexander lastly made it to the Polish border by foot, he says initially he was turned away.
“A person in black got here and informed us, 'Indians, Africans, and Center Easterners ought to depart right here and go to a different border,' which is the Romanian border,” he mentioned.
“We informed him that we couldn't do that factor once more. We've been on the street for 3 days, and we can not return. I felt like possibly somebody would possibly die as a result of there are some folks fainting, and there was no blanket. So we had been simply masking ourselves with our garments and something we might discover."
He was ultimately admitted to Poland, however mentioned his expertise had taught him a lesson that he desires to share.
"The struggle made me realise that if there are human beings, there are some which can be regarded in a different way from others,” he says. “I need different Africans to be taught to talk up. That is all."
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