Amid a diplomatic dispute between Riyadh and Ottawa, an American university has facilitated its admission process for thousands of Saudi students who have to leave Canada on the Arab kingdom’s order.
The Portland State University recently offered “expedited admission” to 12,000 Saudi students studying in Canada, particularly those whose education is funded by a Saudi scholarship program.
Based on an order by the Saudi government, all these students have been urged to leave Canada in protest at Ottawa’s criticism of human rights situation in the Arab kingdom.
The American university has even waived its application fee for these students in a bid to show itself as a “partner to Saudi students.”
Saudi Arabia had earlier announced its plan to relocate all these students to the UK, the US, Australia, and New Zealand; however, experts believe such a huge relocation ahead of the new academic year would create serious problems.
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