Why should asylum seekers be allowed to study anyway

Why should asylum seekers be allowed to go to university anyway?

After all, if their need for protection has not yet been recognised by the government, they may still be unveiled as ‘bogus’ and undeserving of the support of the British state. Even unaccompanied asylum seeking children with discretionary leave to remain in the UK might ultimately be refused permission to stay and sent back to their countries of origin. Should valuable university places go to people like these?

Take a look at the blog post I wrote for Refugee Support Nework in response to questions like these…

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7 thoughts on “Why should asylum seekers be allowed to go to university anyway?

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    • Thanks for the positive feedback! It’s just a wordpress blog – not very good on technology so the text on the header photo was added in photoshop and uploaded as one thing. WordPress has lots of easy templates…

  2. Hey there! This post could not be written any better!
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    Fairly certain he will have a good read. Many thanks for sharing!

    • Ah, thanks! Nice to hear of other people talking about these kind of things :) We often post these kind of things on the blog at Refugee Support Network, and I cross post the ones I write here. Glad you enjoyed it.

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