Hollande says schoolgirl may return to France after expulsion


France's President Francois Hollande makes a televised statement at the Elysee Palace in Paris, in this still image taken from video shot by France's private TF1 television channel, and aired on its midday news broadcast on October 19, 2013. REUTERS/TF1/Handout via Reuters

PARIS (Reuters) - President Francois Hollande said on Saturday that a 15-year-old schoolgirl whose expulsion from France has sparked uproar could return to pursue her studies but without her family, a compromise following criticism from left-wing allies.

The outcry began after Leonarda Dibrani, whose family entered the country illegally in 2009, was ordered off a school bus by police in front of her classmates before being sent this month to Kosovo, her father's native country.

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