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Tunisian students who fled Ukraine face the unknown

Tunisian students who attended universities in Ukraine before fleeing the Russian war are currently in limbo as state universities refuse to enroll them while authorities are scrambling to resolve their situation.
Tunisian students evacuated from Ukraine pose with the Ukrainian flag upon their arrival at the Tunis-Carthage airport on March 1, 2022.

TUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisian students at Ukrainian universities who fled Ukraine following the Russian invasion in February now face difficult conditions, as public Tunisian universities refuse to enroll them and authorities continue to ignore their plight. 

The failure to integrate these students into Tunisian universities has sparked widespread controversy in Tunisia. 

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