Deported Roma girl can return to France
After days of protests, French President Francois Hollande has said a Roma girl who was removed from her school bus and deported can return to finish her studies, but that her family cannot.
Leonarda Dibrani, 15, was expelled along with her parents and five siblings earlier this month after they lost their battle for asylum in France.
The case has sparked protests by student groups across the country.
The Dibrani family left Kosovo for France five years ago and were living in Levier, in the Doubs region of eastern France. They cited discrimination in Kosovo as grounds for asylum.
An order for their expulsion was issued after they lost their battle for asylum. After two postponements, it was rescheduled for October and the father, who was detained in a different town, was expelled on 8 October.
Leonarda had stayed at a friend's overnight so was not at the family home when border police arrived to deport them.
She was instead taken away by police in front of other students while on a field trip. The whole family were flown back to Kosovo that day.
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