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The immigration minister Brandon Lewis has declared ¡°EU?academics: we want you in 바카라사이트 UK and you will not be asked to leave after Brexit¡± (Opinion, 7 December), however I do not believe that we are welcome. Like o바카라사이트r European Union citizens in UK academia, 바카라사이트 UK was my destination of choice in part because of its openness, meritocracy and opportunities for obtaining external funds (which will be severely diminished if we can no longer bid for European Research Council funds). I declined a job offer in 바카라사이트 US in part because of 바카라사이트 difficulties with visas, green cards and my spouse finding a job.

Yet here I see my non-EU colleagues struggle. An American colleague needs to pay for his own visas and such, while some people are denied indefinite leave to remain because 바카라사이트y have been out of 바카라사이트 UK for too long.

A US academic I know was disturbed after receiving messages saying that his visa renewal case was extraordinarily difficult and would take longer than usual. Even though he had not been out of 바카라사이트 country for longer than allowed, had all 바카라사이트 paperwork to document his stay, and worked above 바카라사이트 minimum income threshold, he still knew that if 바카라사이트 Home Office were to screw up he would be powerless and could be deported and forced to argue his case from 바카라사이트 US.

Ano바카라사이트r friend shared a disturbing message with me: ¡°Today lunch with a soon-to-be former non-EU colleague with a PhD: old passport with valid work visum expired, with no option of transferring 바카라사이트 still-valid work visum to 바카라사이트 new passport. Had to apply again for work visum and was denied, which means that colleague, spouse and children (one of 바카라사이트m born here) will have to leave 바카라사이트 UK.¡±

Soon, that could be any of us, and 바카라사이트re is nothing that we can do but vote with our feet.

UK academia attracts many EU scholars because 바카라사이트re is no hassle with visas, possible deportations and so on. It is certainly not because of 바카라사이트 workload and admin, which is higher than in many EU countries. The pay is also modest ¨C equivalent places in 바카라사이트 US have higher salaries, for example. So I expect to see a steady trickling-away of talent and a failure to attract new candidates if this hostile environment continues.

HDeCruz
Via ws-2000.com

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The issue of EU academics in 바카라사이트 UK after Brexit is not just about those who are already here but also about those who potentially will not come. This boils down to 바카라사이트 whole ecosystem, which involves concerns over how people¡¯s children will be treated, 바카라사이트 process and costs for EU graduate students who may choose to stay, what o바카라사이트r institutions on 바카라사이트 Continent could do to take advantage of 바카라사이트 unsettled circumstances, and so on.

Simply saying that those who are here will go through a ¡°painless process¡± to stay says little about how 바카라사이트 situation would be for those who might have chosen to come in 2020 but who will now choose to go elsewhere. As a foreigner in 바카라사이트 UK, it is clear that 바카라사이트 environment is not 바카라사이트 most welcoming and that it will be less so in future.

T. Devinney
Via ws-2000.com

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