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The University of B.C. is recommending that any of its students currently enrolled at four universities in Hong Kong leave the city.

A federal travel advisory hasn’t changed, but some students may be on school campuses that have turned into fortresses under siege as clashes between police and protesters intensify after several months of unrest.

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UBC said on Friday all its students enrolled in exchange programs in Hong Kong had been contacted, and nine of the 32 had already departed the city.

“Our recommendation to them is that they leave,” said UBC’s vice-provost, international Murali Chandrashekaran in a statement.

Simon Fraser University said since its partner institutions in Hong Kong have closed campuses and suspended classes, it is “assisting” its 17 students who are there “in returning early.”

The University of Victoria’s director of student recruitment and global engagement, Carolyn Russell, said its “faculties, schools and departments are reaching out (to its eight students at three universities in Hong Kong) to determine how their situations are impacted, next steps and travel plans.”