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Kabul escapee now helps refugees in Poland

Abdul Rashid, a former translator for the Polish forces in Afghanistan, was evacuated to Poland after the Taliban takeover. Now he is witnessing the pain of another escape, the mass displacement of people fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine. For Rashid it was clear he needed to help.

'One family' - how a Syrian refugee helps Ukrainians fleeing war

More than three million people have fled Ukraine, moving west — for the most part — to neighboring countries like Poland, Hungary and Romania. But one person has decided to move in the other direction, getting dangerously close to the Ukrainian border to help war refugees.

A German travel agent turned Ukraine aid worker

Marten Lange-Siebenthaler used to make a living organizing holiday trips to Ukraine. When the war broke out, he switched to sending humanitarian aid, rather than tourists, to the country.

Nigerian denounces 'two lines to flee Ukraine'

Alexander Somto Orah, a 25 year-old Nigerian man, has denounced racism in Ukraine. He said there were two lines at the train station in Kyiv for those who wanted to get on a train to cross the border: one for Ukrainians and Europeans and another for Africans, Asians and people of color.

The story of one Kenyan student fleeing Ukraine

Among the more than one million people who fled the Russian invasion of Ukraine are thousands of foreigners. Medical student Linda Omwenga from Kenya is one of them. Her treacherous journey to safety from Kyiv to Warsaw together with nine other Kenyans took two and half long days.