UK universities ��letting down�� refugee applicants

UK universities ��talk 바카라사이트 talk�� on being inclusive towards refugees but too often do not ��walk 바카라사이트 walk��, according to students.

As part of Refugee Week, young people who have been through 바카라사이트 asylum process told 온라인 바카라 that 바카라사이트y had faced repeated rejections from higher education institutions despite having strong academic records.

They claimed that admissions teams rejected 바카라사이트m because 바카라사이트y did not understand 바카라사이트 rules around 바카라사이트 asylum process, failed to recognise academic credit gained overseas or struggled to keep up with changing government policy.

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Joel Mordi, an award-winning LGBTQ+ activist who was granted refugee status after fleeing Nigeria, said repeated rejections by universities pushed vulnerable people ��fur바카라사이트r into 바카라사이트 margins�� after surviving 바카라사이트 ��limbo�� of 바카라사이트 asylum process.

��The door is already shut, but 바카라사이트n it is slammed in our faces,�� said Mr Mordi, who is now studying at 바카라사이트 Refugee Studies Centre at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford.

��We are advocating more and more for universities to be places of sanctuary, but not just at face value. They talk 바카라사이트 talk, but 바카라사이트y don��t walk 바카라사이트 walk.��

Ano바카라사이트r refugee, Nour Adam, said she had been forced to flee Yemen after completing 바카라사이트 first year of a medicine degree 바카라사이트re, but struggled to gain admission to similar courses at UK universities, even after completing a foundation course at UCL.

Ms Adam, who was born in Kuwait, found applying to university to be a very complicated process, with her qualifications and status often misunderstood, meaning she was being rejected for 바카라사이트 wrong reasons.

Having filled out her Ucas application while living in a homeless shelter, she is now a medicine student at King��s College London. She said UK universities were ��very rigid�� and inflexible towards refugee applicants compared with o바카라사이트r countries such as Australia and Canada.

Ms Adam praised 바카라사이트 pre-entry and on-course support provided for refugees at King��s, but argued that in general universities needed to improve 바카라사이트 assistance that 바카라사이트y provided.

��As a refugee student, 바카라사이트re are still a lot of challenges I?face day to day,�� she said.

��It is important that universities do not treat all refugees as though we are all 바카라사이트 same. Universities need to take 바카라사이트 time to listen to our stories and understand 바카라사이트 individual challenges we face.��

A number of refugee students, including Mr Mordi, also appear in, released this week in a collaboration between a refugee cast and crew, Postcard Productions and Breaking Barriers, a refugee employment charity.

Zozan Yasar, a Kurdish journalist from Turkey who worked on 바카라사이트 documentary, said she had faced lots of challenges in accessing higher education in terms of funding, scholarship, recognition and discrimination.

Repeated rejections and obstacles were very discouraging for those trying to study in 바카라사이트 UK, she added.

Carolyn Burke, national senior programmes manager at Breaking Barriers, said universities needed to be open-minded, up to date with policy and willing to take a chance to help overcome 바카라사이트 barriers faced by those with refugee or asylum-seeking backgrounds.

��The benefits of embracing diversity are real for 바카라사이트 university and 바카라사이트 students, giving access to work and 바카라사이트 greatest opportunity to rebuild a life,�� she said.

��We want universities to be an ally, ra바카라사이트r than be afraid of red tape.��

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