War in Ukraine: EU denies racist treatment of Africans

At the Medyka border post in Poland, on the border with Ukraine (Illustrative image).

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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 Tuesday on this subject with the authorities of the two countries.

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Warsaw rejects this Tuesday March 1 the accusations of racism.

Poland helps everyone regardless of their nationality, ethnicity or race

 ," say the Polish authorities.

For the EU, there is no proven discrimination either in Poland or in Ukraine.

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: War in Ukraine: the AU denounces the racist treatment of Africans

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, implies to RFI, who recalls that nearly 700,000 have already fled the country. 

with the Polish government to be sure that there is no discrimination and discriminatory attitudes towards African nationals

,” he explains.

The European Union wanted to reassure

the African Union on this point, which expressed concern on Monday

in a press release about the treatment of these nationals.

“ 

Our ambassador to the AU has been asked 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 cell to help unblock certain situations and thus help countries that wish to evacuate their nationals.

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