In an article in the journal Migration Letters, Sunday Israel Oyebamiji (School of Built Environment and Development Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) leads an international team, including Jeffrey Cohen, professor of anthropology, in an investigation of the discrimination faced by Africans fleeing the Russia-Ukrainian War. They argue for a reappraisal of refugees not as part of a migration problem but as the victims of a faulty international system.