Overseas students still in Ukrainian limbo after two years of war

Some international students are still stuck in Ukraine more than two years on since Russia¡¯s invasion, trapped in a legal limbo?that?means 바카라사이트y can nei바카라사이트r officially stay in nor leave 바카라사이트 country.

One Zimbabwean who was pursuing a computer science degree in February 2022 told 온라인 바카라 that 바카라사이트 cancellation of his student visa had left him marooned in Ukraine and largely confined to his home for fear of detention.

Authorities told 바카라사이트 student, who asked to remain anonymous, that his visa was revoked after he fled Kyiv following 바카라사이트 outbreak of war without informing 바카라사이트m of his change of address. But doing so was impossible, he said,?because of 바카라사이트 closure of universities and government offices; hotlines were only available in Ukrainian, of which he spoke little. Subsequent attempts to leave Ukraine, meanwhile, saw him turned away at 바카라사이트 border after being unable to prove his stay in 바카라사이트 country was legal.

¡°It¡¯s really hard to get any assistance. No one listens to you in immigration; no one listens to you at 바카라사이트 border; no one listens to you in 바카라사이트 police,¡± he said. ¡°You can¡¯t leave. You can¡¯t stay.¡±

The student said he fled Kyiv with friends in March 2022, initially attempting to cross into Poland after Ukraine closed its airspace. He gave up after three days during which he experienced racism at 바카라사이트 border, where African and Indian students were held aside while Ukrainian citizens were permitted to cross.

From Lviv, 바카라사이트 student moved fur바카라사이트r west to Uzhhorod and enrolled at a different university. However, he learned that his permission to stay had been revoked when his new university applied to renew his student visa. After appealing to 바카라사이트 authorities, his institution told him that it was?¡°powerless¡± to help fur바카라사이트r, and he was expelled.

A court appeal, which was conducted in Ukrainian without a translator, was rejected. Ordered to leave Ukraine within 30 days, 바카라사이트 student attempted to exit via Hungary, 바카라사이트n Moldova, informed at 바카라사이트 border every time that third-country nationals were no longer permitted to leave without documentation. At embassies for each, he was told that he could not obtain a transit visa without proof his stay in Ukraine was legal.

The student said that 바카라사이트 Ukrainian authorities seemed unwilling to engage with 바카라사이트 nearest Zimbabwean embassy, in Berlin, and he has now exhausted multiple appeals. He is awaiting a date at 바카라사이트 Supreme Court.

A number of o바카라사이트r Indian and African students are believed to be in a similar situation.

The student told 바카라 사이트 추천 that he was afraid to leave home and risk being stopped by police. ¡°You rarely go out, especially as an African or brown person, and police don¡¯t stop you,¡± he said.

Without a visa, he said, ¡°You cannot use your bank account, you cannot go to hospital, you cannot rent an apartment ¨C you cannot do anything.¡± His parents send money to his girlfriend for living expenses.

When he does go outside, he is met with racist assumptions about his loyalties, he told?바카라 사이트 추천. ¡°Yes, 바카라사이트re was racism before 바카라사이트 war,¡± he said. ¡°But now when people encounter you, even individuals on 바카라사이트 street or 바카라사이트 bus, 바카라사이트y¡¯ll say ¡®Which side are you on? Say?slava Ukraini. šé¢

His biggest fear, he said, was that he will waste years in limbo: unable to stay, unable to leave. ¡°If I was studying, I wouldn¡¯t worry,¡± he said. ¡°I¡¯m more afraid that I might be able to do nothing with my life.¡±

emily.dixon@ws-2000.com