Overview

• On August 1, France halted its programme to receive Palestinian evacuees from Gaza after officials learned a scholarship student had allegedly shared antisemitic content online.
• The unnamed student, who arrived on July 11 to study at Sciences Po Lille, faces a judicial enquiry in Lille for allegedly justifying terrorism and crimes against humanity.
• Sciences Po Lille revoked her accreditation and Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau demanded her social media account be taken offline before Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot ordered her deportation.
• Barrot confirmed that no further evacuations will proceed until investigators determine how her initial security and visa screenings failed to detect the antisemitic posts.
• The case has prompted scrutiny of France’s humanitarian evacuation and vetting processes during the Israel-Hamas conflict, with all Gazan evacuees now subject to renewed security checks.