Strictly Come Dancing judge Motsi Mabuse has expressed her disgust at clips of Black people being racially abused and stranded at the Ukraine border. Heartbreaking footage has circulated on social media showing African and Caribbean students being denied permission to cross over into Poland for safety, as Russia continues its deadly bombing attack amid its invasion of Ukraine.
Many of the stranded students have been subjected to racism, with one man recalling how he was forced to disembark a bus after being told ‘no Blacks’.
Motsi, who hails from South Africa and Germany, shared a clip of a room close to the border full of other Black students desperate to reach safety.
The woman filming the video said: ‘We’re still stranded, we haven’t eaten, no rest, we were just in the cold for six hours outside. For the latest updates on the Russia-Ukraine war, visit our live blog: Russia-Ukraine live‘We’ve been begging, pushing, dragging, it’s been so traumatic just to get into the border and we’re not able to get there. ‘Since morning we’ve been told that [for] all Nigerians, the embassy has been getting buses for us but we’ve not seen any… It’s really really so sad.’ This is happening !!!!
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