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Al Jazeera
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Shola Lawal

They fled Ukraine to the Netherlands. Why are they being expelled?

Refugees from Africa, the Middle East and India - mostly students of Ukrainian universities - gather at the Medyka pedestrian border crossing after fleeing the conflict in Ukraine, in eastern Poland on February 27, 2022 [Wojtek Radwanski /AFP]

Thousands of third-country nationals who found refuge in the Netherlands after Russia’s February 24, 2022 invasion of Ukraine have been told to leave the country by Monday, though a four-week reprieve to exit the nation has given them a little extension.

Many of those affected, mostly students and young workers from Ukraine, have been gathering in the streets of Amsterdam to protest in recent weeks, accusing the recently-elected far-right Dutch government of discrimination.

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