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Palestinian students with Bristol places Lenny Osler News Reporter
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he MP for Bristol Central posted on X for the second time this month to condemn the Home Office, as students with fully funded scholarships to the University of Bristol remain in Gaza. On mer
October 21 Green Party
Carla Denyer, forco-leader said on X:
‘The govt promised it would help all Palestinian students with funded places at British universities to get to the UK - but there are students with places at the University of Bristol who the Home Office is refusing to help. Devastatingly we don’t know if they are still alive’ Denyer questioned whether the lack of progress on the evacuation plans is intentional inaction, or failure to deliver policy in time on the part of the Home Office, speaking to the Bristol Tab.
plans to evacuate from Gaza nine Masters students on the Chevening Scholarship, and approved plans to assist 30 more students on other, fully funded scholarships to leave Gaza.
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Denyer’s post on X is her second on the topic this month. On October 9, she expressed her frustration at the progress of the evacuation plans approved by the Home Office in August.
requirement of biometric approval for visa applications. There are no visa centres in Gaza to submit fingerprints, and those located in the West Bank are inaccessible since Israel restricts cross-border travel to and from Gaza. The University said in a statement to Epigram, that in supporting these Palestinian students it had adjusted fees, given accommodation... > Continue reading on Pg. 2
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