They escaped the war in Ukraine. Then they faced fresh trouble in Poland

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Late last year, Ima left her native Nigeria for Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine where she enrolled in prerequisite language courses before transferring to medical school later this year. It was the next step toward fulfilling her lifelong dream of becoming a doctor.

Her plans were finally coming together until Feb 24, the day Russia invaded Ukraine.

It was the same day a Russian missile hit the airport in Ivano-Frankivsk near her home in the western Ukrainian city.

"I would have stayed, but because all my Nigerian and my African friends, everyone just moved out, they were like, we have to go, we have to go, it's not safe," Ima says.

So she began her grueling two-day journey toward the Polish border on February 26.

"I broke down. Literally, I was crying. I was like, oh my god, I can't make it," she says.