“I am not an illegal immigrant. I’m an Algerian student with a residence permit in Ukraine. Now, the French government refuses to grant me asylum because I am not Ukrainian. My future is being wasted and my studies have been put on hold,” explains the student who, up until the war started, was a final year medical student at Odessa University. The 24-year old, speaking to The New Arab on condition of anonymity, is one of many African students who are living in Paris on borrowed time. They now face deportation. “Beneficiaries [of French support] receive an allowance and have medical care, the r…