Overview

• The association representing university leaders asked for the suspension to be lifted quickly to guarantee continuity of studies and uphold campuses as spaces of international openness.
• Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot announced in early August a freeze on France’s evacuation and admission programs from Gaza following the controversy.
• A judicial investigation for apology of terrorism is underway alongside an internal Foreign Ministry review into why problematic social-media posts were not detected earlier.
• The student at the center of the case, Nour Atallah, had a French visa and government scholarship to join Sciences Po Lille before being deregistered and subsequently leaving for Qatar.
• The Foreign Ministry did not immediately comment on the appeal, and officials have previously said nearly 300 Gazans have been brought to France since the start of the year.