Juntos por el Cambio (JxC) primaries presidential candidate Patricia Bullrich said Friday that “almost half” of college students in Argentina are foreigners, blaming them for taking up places meant for Argentine nationals in universities. “Argentine universities are empty of Argentine students because foreign students come and take those places, they account for almost half of the enrollment,” she said in her dissertation in a forum organized by the International Foundation for Liberty (FIL, by its Spanish acronym.) The day before, Bullrich had signed an “ethical commitment” to “fight misinformation” during this year’s elections. “If it were true that our universities were populated by migrants, that would be fine because there are no second-class people. According to official information, out of all foreign college students in the country, 95.93% came from the Americas, 2.90% from Europe, and the remaining 1.17% from Asia, Africa, and Oceania.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald July 01, 2023 18:09 UTC