UAE-based medical graduate fails in bid to overturn UK student visa ban to study at Oxford
A medicine graduate awarded a place at the University of Oxford has failed in her bid to overturn the UK government’s refusal to give visas to students it says will go on to claim asylum. Dr Rawan Raad is among a group of seven women who went to the High Court to challenge the “visa brake” that was imposed on students from Afghanistan , Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan in March by Home Secretary…
Dr Rawan Raad, a medicine graduate from Sudan, was awarded a place at the University of Oxford but failed to overturn the UK government's refusal to issue visas to students from countries with high asylum claims. The "visa brake," implemented by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood in March, bans students from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar, and Sudan from entering the UK due to asylum concerns.
Dr Raad, who holds a first-class honors degree and lives in the UAE, was seeking to study international health and tropical medicine through the Africa Oxford Initiative's Mastercard Scholarship. She argued that her education in Oxford would help rebuild Sudan's healthcare system. However, the High Court dismissed her case, stating that the Home Secretary is not obligated to consider immigration and border control as a means to address discrimination abroad.
The judge also noted that alternative routes were available for Dr Raad to apply under the Leave Outside the Rules system.
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