UK student visa 'brake' policy blocks women from conflict-affected countries
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The article criticizes the UK government's new student visa 'brake' policy, which is denying women from Afghanistan, Sudan, Myanmar, and Cameroon — countries experiencing conflict and human rights abuses — the opportunity to study at UK universities. It highlights the irony that Afghan women, already denied education by the Taliban, are now also being blocked by UK immigration policy.
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bskyUK student visa 'brake' policy blocks women from conflict-affected countriesamnesty.org.ukKey quotes
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Right now, women and girls in Afghanistan's rights are under horrific and systemic attack.
They have been denied the right to an education first by the Taliban and now effectively by the UK government with their new student visa 'brake'.
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