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FRANCE: Leonarda: second day of mobilization schoolgirl


  Access to twenty high schools were blocked Paris, Friday, Oct. 18, to protest the evictions of Khatchik Kachatryan and Leonarda Dibrani, told AFP the Federation Independent and Democratic ration schoolgirl (LDIF). "In Paris, twenty schools are mobilized," said an official of the union, which does not want to give his name, citing among other high schools "Charlemagne, Sophie Germain Maurice Ravel, Helene Boucher, Arago. " Faced with these institutions, whose entries are partially blocked, groups of students gathered. "An entry on the side is allowed, there courses, but the classes are a little empty," said the LDIF. The Lycee Charlemagne in the center of Paris, the bins were stacked in front of the entrance, said a journalist from AFP. A banner that reads "no paper, but notebooks, Charlemagne mobilizes to Leonarda and Khatchik" was deployed. "It could be our friends" "We are here to support them. It could be our friends. They are students like us. It is imperative that they return to France. We are creating a movement that is gaining momentum in France, demanding their return. Do not believe that politicians use to us, it remains a purely student movement, "said Heloise Hakimi, second, to Charlemagne. An event to be held Friday at 13 hours [Paris time] between Bastille and Nation. Outside the French capital, "it is much quieter, there are some schools raised in Marseille," said the spokesman of the Fidl. Thursday, several thousand students marched in Paris to return to France for foreign students expelled. The survey given in the evening The investigation into the circumstances of the arrest of Leonarda Dibrani be delivered "in the evening" this Friday the government, who will speak "during the weekend" on the case, learned government source told AFP.   The French President, Francois Hollande, who was performing Friday afternoon a visit to the Economic, Social and Environmental Council, should not speak on this issue immediately. The case however continues to make waves within the political class. On the plateau of France 2 on Friday morning, the first secretary of the Socialist Party [PS], Harlem Désir, said he asked that the schoolgirl of 15, arrested during & rsquo and a field trip before being deported to Kosovo "could return" in France. "There was a mistake" "There was a fault, a fault which should lead to draw a number of lessons," said the leader of the PS. While calling, "respect for the law of the Republic", Harlem Désir believes that "republican integration" must also be taken into account. However, according to him, Leonarda symbolizes "a successful integration process, which should not be interrupted." He added: "an inquiry in school, it is something that must stop." The boss of the ruling party also said the students understand who decided to show Friday. "When the youth of France spoke in solidarity at a time when there is so much intolerance is a very strong message." However, Harlem Désir refuses to overwhelm Manuel Valls, target of all the criticism since the beginning of the controversy. It is "a very good interior minister left, which made his work," he said. The Communist Party is calling for demonstrations For its part, the French Communist Party (PCF) called "manifest" with the students engaged and announced the presence of a delegation of the training event. "Yesterday, thousands of students took to the streets of Paris to say no to evictions and request the return of Khatchik and Leonarda," the PCF in a statement. "Today, they are still present with their teachers, parents 13h, Place de la Bastille in Paris. The PCF supports the mobilization and calling for demonstrations. Overall, demand that the President of the Republic a solemn and immediate commitment to stop immediately any expulsion of foreign educated youth, minor or major, in our country, "it added. With news