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Ukrainian students are being forced out of their dormitories ahead of the European Football Championship but will have to continue paying rent nonetheless. The German travel company TUI has booked the rooms for the influx of football fans. A few may be allowed to stay, but only if they work for free.

The upcoming European Football championships means that biology student Anna Ivanova, 19, has to pack her suitcase. Her dormitory room, in block number 9 at Taras Shevchenko University, is to be rented out to football fans. The tournament, hosted jointly by Poland and Ukraine, kicks off on June 8. "I don't know where to go during the tournament," Ivanova said.

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