Ukraine war: Fleeing students faced racism, extortion
KIM HARRISBERG and NITA BHALLA WITH the sound of shelling over overhead, Nigerian medical student John Adebisi has been trapped for nine days in a basement in the north-east Ukrainian town of Sumy, wracked by fear and without enough money or means to escape. More than 1 million refugees have fled Ukraine since Russian troops invaded on February 24, but many more are stuck, particularly foreign students whose governments and families lack planes, cash or connections to get them out. Racism makes it harder to flee, several students said, after watching social media videos of African, Asian and Middle Eastern travellers being…