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France suspends expulsions of foreign students fleeing Ukraine

Ukrainian refugees and foreign students of the Ukrainian Capital Kyiv's university get into their train to Budapest at the railway station in Zahonyi close to the Hungarian Ukrainian border on 1 March, 2022. © AFP/Attila Kisbenedek

The French government says it will suspend expulsions of foreign students fleeing the war in Ukraine, a sensitive issue that has seen European countries accused of racist double standards.

"We have introduced a moratorium for students until September," a government source said on Monday.

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