The African Union expressed concern on Monday evening about the treatment inflicted on these nationals who wish to leave Ukraine. For the European Union, there is no proven discrimination. The European External Action Service headed by Josep Borrell discussed this on Tuesday with the authorities of the two countries.
Warsaw rejects this Tuesday March 1 the accusations of racism. ” Poland helps everyone regardless of nationality, ethnicity or race “, assure the Polish authorities. For the EU, there is no proven discrimination either in Poland or in Ukraine.
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Are these African nationals who are victims of racist behavior at the Ukrainian borders only isolated cases? This is what Stefano Sannino, Secretary General of the European External Action Service, suggests to RFI, who recalls that nearly 700,000 have already fled the country. We spoke either with the Ukrainian government or with the Polish government to be sure that there is no discrimination and discriminatory attitudes towards African nationals. “, he explains.
The European Union wished to reassure on this point the African Union, which expressed concern on Monday in a statement of the treatment of these nationals. ” We asked our ambassador to the AU to contact the authorities of the African Union. We also asked all our embassies in the different countries to contact the authorities to find out if there were specific cases, to try to help specifically people who had problems leaving the country. “continues Stefano Sanino.
The European External Action Service (EEAS) has set up a unit to help unblock certain situations and thus help countries that wish to evacuate their nationals.