Unis Resist Border Controls opposes any complicity with border controls on British university campuses. RT=/= endorsement. #BordersKillKnowledge
1st, lets talk about what kind of migrant student was featured. Vedika Mandapati, a migrant student from @Cambridge_Uni, who themselves indicated that, "I’m from a very privileged situation where if I hadn’t gone here then I would have still gone to university internationally."
If you've been following the work of @UnisNotBorders, you'll know that universities are the visa sponsors for both migrant staff & students. In other words, if you have come to the UK on a student visa, your university is your visa sponsor.
Joy Gardner's immigration story is related to British colonialism. Her mother, Myrna Simpson, had migrated to the UK from Jamaica in 1961 when the country was still a British colony. Simpson had intended to send for Gardner when she she achieved financial stability.
.@UnisNotBorders stated in the piece that in the 6 years we have provided support for migrant university staff & students, we have come across cases, esp from migrant students who come from the Global South & subjected to harsh immigration questioning by UK border cops. 
Bringing dependants as a migrant student is both not easy & very expensive. One has to pay visa fees which amount to £1,538 if the dependent is applying outside of the UK. Additionally, dependents have to pay the international health surcharge fee to access the NHS.
We recognise the importance of disruptions, we also question the ethicality in putting funds into the Tory party. Dinners like this go for an excess of £400 or £4,000 a ticket. Source: mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
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Student A is a migrant postgrad @SussexUni with their family (partner & 3 children). They arrived in October 2021 & since, have been moving from short-term let to another w/o any stable, long-term housing. Student A & their family's mental & physical health are deteriorating.
