Home Office refuses to exempt exceptional students from tough immigration rules

[afewbugs@social.coop]

Home Office refuses to exempt exceptional students from tough immigration rules

"The home secretary suspended student visas for applicants from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan last week, saying she was “taking the unprecedented decision to refuse visas for those nationals seeking to exploit our generosity"

All outstanding Chevening applications from the four countries were cancelled and candidates informed that their applications had been terminated"

I have literally no words for the vindictive cruelty of this.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/10/home-office-refuses-to-exempt-exceptional-students-tough-immigration-rules

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[nicovel0@mastodon.social]

@afewbugs clearly those candidates, should they eventually settle in the U.K. and naturalise, are way too smart to vote for Labour. Better not let them in at all.

[backfromthedud@mas.to]

@afewbugs Meanwhile, fee-paying schools (Eton, Harrow, etc) are treated as "Charities", and are exempt from taxes. Can't let people scrounge, unless they can afford to bribe the state!

[natalyad@disabled.social]

@afewbugs I hope someone sues us for the costs they have already incurred before the government cancelled visas.

And maybe one of the big rich universities like Oxford should sue the government for the costs they have wasted and had to cancel on student places.

Maybe if more institutions fought back and made the government pay for all their shitty last minute costly decisions they'd stop doing it to flirt with Reform voters.