"It is a very, very difficult situation but for my friend," according to Chizzy, a 23 year-old Nigerian who not not long ago was studying economics in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. He spoke to DW on May 18 — very frustrated and not wanting us to use his real name for saftey reasons.
Chizzy's new friend is a German woman he met on the streets of Berlin when he was homeless after fleeing Ukraine following Russia's bombing of his university in March. She took him in to help him.
"She's a mother to me; she cares about me and harbors me. I don't know how to thank her enough," he told DW a week later, this time with a face full of smiles.
They had a life in Ukraine until February 24 when Russia invaded and hundreds of thousands of people — Ukrainians and foreigners — fled to other countries for safety.
Though everyone who fled the war suffered equally, unequal treatments were doled out at border crossings.
Some said that Ukrainian border guards prioritized Ukrainians and sent others, such as people from African countries, to the back of the queues, some of which stretched for kilometers.
Others reported discrimination in the countries to which they fled.
One of these countries is Germany.
https://www.dw.com/en/africans-fleeing-ukraine-accuse-germany-of-double-standards/a-61879479
Chizzy's new friend is a German woman he met on the streets of Berlin when he was homeless after fleeing Ukraine following Russia's bombing of his university in March. She took him in to help him.
"She's a mother to me; she cares about me and harbors me. I don't know how to thank her enough," he told DW a week later, this time with a face full of smiles.
Equal in suffering, unequal in pain
No fewer than 80,000 students who are enrolled in Ukrainian universities are from the Global South and many of those are from African countries.They had a life in Ukraine until February 24 when Russia invaded and hundreds of thousands of people — Ukrainians and foreigners — fled to other countries for safety.
Though everyone who fled the war suffered equally, unequal treatments were doled out at border crossings.
Some said that Ukrainian border guards prioritized Ukrainians and sent others, such as people from African countries, to the back of the queues, some of which stretched for kilometers.
Others reported discrimination in the countries to which they fled.
One of these countries is Germany.
https://www.dw.com/en/africans-fleeing-ukraine-accuse-germany-of-double-standards/a-61879479
