France, July 16 -- Dozens of students and parents attended the march on Tuesday, after the Cameroon branch of France's public agency for international students, Campus France, announced on 9 July that visa applicants must now provide proof of full payment of their tuition fees, or demonstrate that they possess the corresponding funds.

The measure came after several students in Cameroon had already submitted their applications.

Yvan Odjo, who had hoped to obtain a master's in public law at a private French university, told RFI's correspondent in Yaounde that the new policy meant he was unable to get a visa.

"We were asked for 25,000 euros, including processing fees, a sum that, in reality, families cannot cover," he said.

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