The deportation of 15-year-old Leonarda Dibrani from France to Kosovo ignited an outcry and mass student protests.<br/> <br />Dibrani, whose family entered France illegally in 2009, was ordered off a school bus by police and sent to her father's native country.<br/> <br />Now French President Francois Hollande, while defending the deportation of Dibrani and her family, says she can return to finish her studies.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE)(French) FRENCH PRESIDENT FRANCOIS HOLLANDE SAYING:<br/> <br />"In view of the circumstances, if she requests so and wants to continue her education in France, she and only she would be welcomed."<br/> <br />Dibrani, who doesn't speak Albanian and says Kosovo is not her home, says she can't go back to France alone.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE)(French) DEPORTED SCHOOLGIRL LEONARDA DIBRANI SAYING:<br/> <br />"I don't want to go without my family because I want to stay with them, and especially her. We're tied together. She's my dear sister, I can't leave her behind here."<br/> <br />The French presiden