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Not all refugees are equal at the Ukrainian border

Nature Human Behaviour volume 6, page 760 (2022)Cite this article

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Korrine Sky, a British Zimbabwean student who fled Ukraine after the Russian invasion, writes about the racism and discrimination against people of colour fleeing Ukraine.

My husband and I attempted to leave Dnipro the same day, but owing to long queues and cash shortages at ATMs we were unable to leave. I spent that entire day collecting resources, creating a census and telegram chats to see how I could assist my African friends to leave. Having lived in Ukraine and having held a Zimbabwean passport for 25 years, I was aware that the plight of the African students was going to be dire. For this, I blame not only the apathetic attitudes of many African embassies but also the racist system in which they operate, which is not empathetic to Black refugees.

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Korrine Sky is the founder of Africans in Ukraine Education Fund (AIUEF).

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Sky, K. Not all refugees are equal at the Ukrainian border. Nat Hum Behav 6, 760 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-022-01385-9

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