Poland condemns 'fake news' about turning away Nigerians fleeing Ukraine.

The Polish government has condemned reports that it is turning away non-white people seeking to cross the border from Ukraine as “fake news.”


Such claims have been widely shared on social media and also repeated by some officials, including President Buhari’s spokesperson Garba Shehu.


Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, hundreds of thousands of people have sought to flee the country. The largest numbers have entered Poland, which confirmed yesterday that over 200,000 had crossed the border since Thursday.

Yet many have struggled to cross, with reports of queues stretching kilometres on the Ukrainian side of the border. Among them are some some third-country nationals living in Ukraine, including students from Africa.


One video, which has been watched over two million times on Twitter, shows a group of African students in a confrontation with officials, who appear to be refusing to let them pass. Some descriptions attached to the video suggest that they are Polish officers, though in fact they are Ukrainian.


BBC reporter Stephanie Hegarty reports having been in touch with many African students stuck on the Ukraine border. One said that Black people were being sent to the back of the queue and told that Ukrainians were to be let through first.


Hegarty clarified, however, that it was Ukrainian soldiers rather than Polish border guards turning them away. Photographs from the Polish side of the border show that a number of people of colour have crossed from Ukraine.


Other reports have also indicated that Indians are facing similar difficulties, with BBC reporter Poonam Taneja sharing a video purporting to show Indian students not being allowed to enter Romania

Ravinder Singh, head of the UK-based Khalsa Aid humanitarian group, tweeted to his 340,000 followers that Polish authorities were turning away international students at the border in what he called “absolute racism.”


In response, the Polish prime minister’s office accused Singh of “spreading misinformation”. It said that refugees from Ukraine were being admitted to Poland regardless of nationality... Click on the link below to read the complete story.

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OAM4, Mynd44

I just hope so

Poland isn't turning Nigerians down. My cousin don trek him life tire but finally in Poland