Refugees from Ukraine at the Polish-Ukrainian border checkpoint Medyke. Archive photoMOSCOW, May 19.The Polish government refuses to help African students who have fled Ukraine, Teide Daniel Omotosho, head of the Polish organization Nigerians in Diaspora, told NPR. Those who have children will be given the opportunity to apply for monthly allowances,” Omotosho listed what African refugee students are deprived of. The reasons for this attitude in the Polish government, according to him, do not comment.Polish Foreign Ministry: the country is seeking EU funding for Ukrainian refugeesOmotosho noted that he had to take care of African refugees into his own hands, although the diaspora initially faced completely different tasks. “What we usually have to do is bring Nigerians together, organize events, develop the community, not what we have to do now,” he says. Omotosho began helping Africans trying to cross the Polish border on his own back in late February. The reason was information about the detentions and harassment of his compatriots. The organization headed by him is still engaged in the transportation and accommodation of African students, since there is still no assistance from the Polish government. Others were simply told, «Ok, I'll definitely send you to study, but I don't have anything else.» So it's not easy at all to say «Go back to Nigeria». 05/64d593b5911186f8714e581e14d73585.jpg» />The media criticized the European Union because of the «special» attitude towards Ukrainian refugees. On March 10, the Border Guard Service of Ukraine reported that 768 foreign students from 26 countries were evacuated by train to Poland. According to information as of April 21, since February 24, 2.8 million people have entered Poland from Ukraine. Currently, 20-30 thousand Ukrainians arrive in Poland every day. The local government extended assistance to refugees for another 60 days, then they should start working. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24th. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
