AN INTERNATIONAL coalition of renowned human rights lawyers has launched an urgent appeal to the UN to act over “abominable” racism at Ukraine’s borders. 

Black people and other ethnic minorities fleeing Ukraine are facing “two wars” – one inflicted by the Russians and another over racial discrimination by Ukrainian and Polish officials, the new coalition said today. 

Convened by US lawyers Ben Crump and Jasmine Rand, who represented the family of George Floyd, the civil society coalition has petitioned the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights for the UN on behalf of refugees reportedly facing discrimination at the border.