Indians Are Biggest Group of Foreign Students in Ukraine… Friends and partners on both sides.
With the abstention, India managed to hold its balance for another day, despite considerable pressure from the West to break out of the fence and an open plea from Russia sent to Delhi for support.
India’s abstention from voting on the draft resolution with the text “deploring in the strongest terms” Russia for its operations inside Ukraine is no surprise given the subtle balance Delhi is struggling to strike between crucial partnerships with both Moscow and Western allies in the final month of the escalating crisis.
After the death of an Indian student in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, protests against the evacuation of non-Ukrainians from the country have intensified. After the Russian invasion began on Thursday, neighboring countries opened their borders to refugees, but there were numerous reports of foreign residents in Ukraine, particularly people of color, being greeted by border guards.
The deceased was identified as Naveen Shekharappa from Karnataka. He was said to have been queuing for food when an airstrike hit. Shekharappa was a medical student, a popular choice among foreign students in the country. Medicine courses are available in English in Ukraine and also offer quality education at low cost and comprehensive programs with many free places, attracting many foreigners.
According to the Washington Post, an Algerian student also died in Kharkiv amid shelling.According to the report, Mohammed Talbi was an engineering student who had just graduated a few months earlier. Of the approximately 20,000 Indian citizens living in Ukraine, the majority are students according to UNESCO figures. More than 14,000 Indian citizens were studying in Ukraine as of 2020. According to the Indian Foreign Ministry, some 8,000 Indians had already left Ukraine, subsequently boarded repatriation flights or were waiting for them. Many Indians still found in Ukraine are believed to be in Kharkiv.
Other large groups of international students in Ukraine come from North Africa, the Caucasus or Central Asia, for example from Morocco, Azerbaijan or Turkmenistan. The other largest groups of African students come from Nigeria and Ghana (1,394 students). Groups of more than 1,000 international students in Ukraine also come from Israel, Jordan, Georgia, Uzbekistan and Iran.
Soucres / Credits : UESCO, Statista
Team : NewzQuest
