Education

Harrowing tales as international students flee to border

From University World News: “According to the Ukrainian government, 76,548 international students from 155 nations are enrolled at the country’s universities, drawn by low tuition fees and living costs. Around 25% of them are from India, with other large groups from Morocco, Turkmenistan, Nigeria, China and other South Asian countries. Many students said their governments had failed to respond adequately to the fast-deteriorating situation until it was too late to leave by plane as Ukraine air space was closed to civilian flights and the only way to leave was on land by road or rail, and in many cases on foot, to neighbouring countries from where they could fly out.”

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