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NUS Activist, Granted Asylum After Being Asked To 'Prove' He's Gay

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 08.05.2013 | UK Universities & Education

A student activist who was asked by the Home Office to "prove" he was gay in order to avoid deportation to Senegal where he faced persecution, has bee...

New Legal Challenge to End the Detention of Asylum-Seekers

Jerome Phelps | Posted 30.04.2013 | UK Politics
Jerome Phelps

We are in a high security wing of Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre, just outside Heathrow Airport, to run an advice workshop. Often, we find people with urgent needs for advice and advocacy. But today, almost everyone I see is an asylum-seeker on the Detained Fast Track, which means that there is little that we can do to help.

Mehdi's Morning Memo: Poor Savers Saved; Rich Russians Screwed

Huffington Post | Mehdi Hasan | Posted 25.03.2013 | UK Politics

The ten things you need to know on Monday 25 March 2013... 1) POOR SAVES SAVED; RICH RUSSIANS SCREWED What is it with politicians and late-Sunda...

Police 'Violated' My Human Rights At Airport, Claims Mother-Of-Three

PA | Posted 21.03.2013 | UK

A Muslim woman is seeking a legal declaration that her human rights were violated when she was prosecuted after refusing to submit to an interrogation...

Illegal Workers At Celebrity Pub Arrested

PA | Posted 11.02.2013 | UK

Three people have been arrested for working illegally at a pub popular with celebrities including Kate Moss and Pete Doherty. Two Mongolian men and...

UK Border Force Attacked Over 'Backlog' Of 16,000 Immigration Cases

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 24.01.2013 | UK

An "unacceptable" backlog of more than 16,000 immigrants waiting to hear whether they can stay in Britain has been discovered in a fresh investigation...

Government's Drive To Expel Foreign Students Is 'Damaging UK Economy'

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 09.01.2013 | UK Universities & Education

Calls to crackdown on bogus foreign students have driven large numbers of genuine overseas applicants to competitor countries, damaging not only unive...

Border Agency Questioned After Legal Immigrants Told By Text To Leave UK

The Huffington Post UK | Dina Rickman | Posted 08.01.2013 | UK

The UKBA's "competence" has been questioned after "alarming" text messages were mistakenly sent to immigrants with the right to live in Britain, telli...

Illegal Immigrants In Detention Centre Riot

PA | Posted 02.01.2013 | UK

Illegal immigrants have injured five officers during a riot at a detention centre, according to border officials. Up to 40 detainees were involved ...

Give Border Agency The Power To Arrest Illegal Immigrants, Labour Says

PA/ The Huffington Post UK | Posted 20.12.2012 | UK Politics

Labour would give the UK Border Agency the power of arrest to prevent illegal immigrants escaping, under new proposals outlined today by the shadow ho...

Maying Down The Law

The Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 12.12.2012 | UK Universities & Education

International students wishing to study in the UK will have to jump through more hoops after Theresa May announced a new "tougher" process for vetting...

Speaking Out for International Students is a Step Forward

Daniel Stevens | Posted 27.01.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Daniel Stevens

Immigration has become a hot potato for all political parties and international students have been inadvertently placed at the heart of the government's policy. The only way the government can meet its net migration target is by reducing the levels of legitimate students.

Indian University To Open Campus For 15,000 Foreign Students.. In London

PA | Posted 26.11.2012 | UK Universities & Education

A private Indian university plans to open a campus for 15,000 foreign students in London, it was announced on Monday, as Boris Johnson continued his w...

Boris Warns Against Curbing Foreign Student Numbers

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 26.11.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Boris Johnson has warned the government not to be prejudiced against foreign students who want to study in the UK. Speaking ahead of an address to ...

Immigrants 'Stayed In Britain Without Checks Because Of Border Agency Backlog'

PA | Posted 22.11.2012 | UK

Thousands of immigrants were allowed to stay in the UK without undergoing proper checks because of a mountainous backlog of cases, a report said today...

Treatment of London Met's Students a Dangerous Precedent?

Andy Burrows | Posted 15.01.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Andy Burrows

Surely, it cannot be beyond the realms of possibility that if UKBA feels a university is breaking the rules it can build a case against them to the point where it cannot be challenged.

Universities' Financial Future Looks Bleak After FailureTo Recruit Students

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 06.11.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Universities could be left cash-strapped and struggling to make ends meet after the rise in tuition fees meant many failed to recruit enough students....

'A PR Disaster For The Whole World To See'

The Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 03.10.2012 | UK Universities & Education

A video showing 300 foreign students queueing through the night in pouring rain to register with the police has been dubbed a "PR disaster" for the na...

Malignment of International Students at Westminster Must End

Gary Spedding | Posted 30.11.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Gary Spedding

We simply must challenge and put an end to the deliberate malignment of International students at Westminster, they are not the fall guys for Cameron's promised reduction in immigration. Its time our MPs stood up for our students!

International Students Are Continually Marginalised and Undervalued

Gary Spedding | Posted 12.11.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Gary Spedding

For many UK universities it is now International welcome week, a period where our centres of Higher and Further education have an opportunity to impress those students travelling in from all over the world whilst helping them feel at ease in their strange new environment.

London Met Launches Legal Fight Against Visa Licence Ban

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 21.09.2012 | UK Universities & Education

London Metropolitan University has lodged a legal challenge to the government's revocation of its sponsorship licence for overseas students. It hop...

'UKBA Deportation No Way!'

Rima Amin | Posted 05.11.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Rima Amin

This was the chant of hundreds of staff, students and union representatives who took to the streets of London today. They were there to rally outside the Home Office with the purpose of contesting UKBA's decision to revoke London Metropolitan's licence to sponsor international students.

PM Backs Decision To Withdraw London Met Uni's Visa Licence

PA | Posted 05.09.2012 | UK Universities & Education

The Prime Minister has backed UKBA's decision to strip London Metropolitan University of its right to sponsor international student visas, despite the...

Chaotic UKBA Needs To 'Get A Grip' Over Damaging Student Visa System, Says Damning Report

The Huffington Post UK | Dina Rickman | Posted 04.09.2012 | UK Universities & Education

The UK Border Agency has been accused of causing "chaos" in the student visa system - as a university stripped of its ability to sponsor international...

London Met Launches Legal Fight Against UKBA

PA | Posted 04.09.2012 | UK Universities & Education

London Metropolitan University is to begin urgent legal action against UKBA's decision to revoke its licence to sponsor international students. The...