Michael and Meshacktwo 20yearold Nigerians, lived and studied in Kyiv if that war has begun. Like many others, they had to flee the Ukrainian capital and found refuge in Italy. However, the two boys could not imagine what misfortune awaited them when they arrived Palermo. The woman who offered to take them in actually refused to welcome them into their home when she realized Michael and Meshack’s skin color, saying: “Two white refugees were fine, black ones were not“.
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Telling this bad story of discrimination is Sister Anna Alonzowhat a Casteldaccia (in the province of Palermo) manages the “House of the Queen of Peace‘, where over the years he has hosted numerous Nigerian girls rescued from slavery to prostitution. He told Corriere della Sera: “When they arrived after five days of driving buses and often walking, they were exhausted. They collapsed in their chairs and they slept for hours. Then the nasty surprise when the lady who had promised to give the boys a roof backed away: “She told me she didn’t want to accommodate two Africans.
The story of Michael and Meshack
Michael and Meshack, who had previously fled the war in their homeland, were studying at the university in Kyiv. One studied economics, the other medicine. Sister Anna’s goal is to find housing for them and ensure they can resume their studies: “They were sophomores when the Russian invasion started, their house was hit by bombs and they had to flee”. The two boys arrived in Sicily with another young African who was reunited with his family in Trapani. The nun concluded: “We hope someone will help you. It’s the specter of racism. What is the difference between a Ukrainian boy and a Nigerian boy living in Ukraine? They are both people fleeing the same war».