Ukrainian army soldiers stopped their bus of 50-something foreign passengers and forced them to alight.“They just pointed in a direction and said: ‘That’s where Poland is. Now walk,” recounted al-Attar, adding the soldiers said foreigners would not be permitted to continue further in a vehicle.“Then they packed our bus with Ukrainians, and it carried on to the border,” said the dental student.
AS EUROPE WELCOMES UKRAINIAN REFUGEES, IT LEAVES OTHER MIGRANTS CAUGHT “BETWEEN TWO DEATHS”
A new book describes the violence of EU-funded detention centers in Libya, exposing the racist double standard at the core of European border policy.
Max Granger
March 8 2022,
The EU’s commendable displays of sympathy and hospitality toward Ukraine’s mostly white, mostly Christian refugees stand in violent contrast to its policies of deterrence, detention, and state-sanctioned death targeting African and Middle Eastern asylum-seekers by the millions. “We are wondering,” Ahmad al-Hariri, who fled the war in Syria 10 years ago and has been trying to reach Europe ever since, told Reuters, “why were Ukrainians welcome in all countries while we, Syrian refugees, are still in tents and remain under the snow, facing death, and no one is looking to us?” The contrast, to put it crudely, is as clear as black and white: Even within Ukraine’s refugee population, African exchange students and other nonwhite residents have faced racist violence and segregation as they attempt to leave the country, with many reporting being blocked from crossing borders while their white peers are welcomed with open arms.
避難するときでも、難民になっても差別がつきまとう。
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