Channel: Human Rights Watch

Category: News & Politics

Tags: racismafricansrussiacrisisforeignersukrainewarindiansdiscrimination

Description: Foreigners living in Ukraine have faced unequal treatment and delays as they attempt to flee the war alongside hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians, Human Rights Watch said today. Interviews with three dozen foreign nationals, many of them international students, revealed a pattern of blocking or delaying foreigners from boarding buses and trains, apparently to prioritize evacuating Ukrainian women and children. Ukrainian authorities have said they are aware of the problem and are taking steps to ensure that foreign nationals can leave the country. On March 2, 2022 Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba announced on Twitter that the government had established a hotline for foreign students wishing to leave Ukraine. To support our work, please visit: hrw.org/donate Human Rights Watch: hrw.org Subscribe for more: bit.ly/2OJePrw