Pandor shocked at treatment of African students at Poland border
International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor says more work needs to be done to ensure the fight against racism is made a priority.
She was speaking in Geneva on Monday at the launch of South Africa's bid to sit on the Human Rights Council.
Reports of Africans being stopped and pushed at the back of the queue at the Ukraine and Poland border started to emerge over the weekend.
Videos went viral on social media showing instances of racism towards Africans trying to flee war-torn Ukraine.
"I was fairly shocked this morning to get the message that African students trying to get through the Poland border were being pushed to the back of the line because they are black and being denied entry in the queues," said Pandor.
"This goes to prove that we continue to suffer the awful blight of racism, so we must not allow racism to be placed at the end of the queu in our attention to human rights."
