In Lutsk, they don't know how to deal with eleven Somali citizens whom fate has thrown into the land of lakes and forests. Their story began in May of this year, when the Somalis flew from Mogadishu to Moscow, and from there traveled to Ukraine. Here, an as-yet-unknown transporter, who charged $2,500 per person for his services, disappeared, and the Africans had to make their own way to the coveted Europe. The illegal migrants were detained by Polish border guards and deported to Ukraine. \nUntil recently, the border guards took care of the Somalis, until the dark-skinned guests submitted an application for refugee status. They have not yet been recognized as refugees, because, as the deputy head of the department for nationalities, migration and religions of the regional administration, Oleksandr Kravchuk, explained, they were caught as illegal migrants in Poland, but they wanted to obtain refugee status in Ukraine. And why didn't the Africans want to become refugees in Russia? \nNow the Somalis are appealing this decision of the Ukrainian authorities and continue to live in Lutsk, renting a three-room apartment almost in the city center, at 1 Hulaka-Artemovskoho Street. They are being cared for by the regional branch of the "Solidarity" trade union. \nIt is interesting that if the Africans do receive refugee status on grounds of ethnic persecution, they are "entitled" to 17 hryvnias of one-time assistance. That is what the law says. True, no one can say for certain what the 11 Somalis in Lutsk will do, of whom only one knows Russian and three know English? Maybe they will play football? "Volyn" needs talents... \n