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#UK to end study visas for #Sudan, #Cameroon, Myanmar, Afghanistan students ⁠The United Kingdom says it will end study visas for students from #Afghanistan, Cameroon, #Myanmar and Sudan, and work visas for Afghans, amid a rise in anti-immigration sentiment ⁠in the country. The UK Home Office said in a statement on Tuesday that “an ’emergency brake’ on visas has been imposed for the first time on nationals from four countries”, following a surge in asylum claims by students on study visas. The Home Office said the number of asylum applications by students from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan had “rocketed” by more than 470 percent between 2021 and 2025. “Britain will always provide ⁠refuge to people fleeing war and persecution, but our visa ⁠system must not be ⁠abused,” Secretary of State for the Home Department Shabana Mahmood said. “That is why I am taking the unprecedented...... https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/4/uk-to-end-study-visas-for-myanmar-afghanistan-cameroon-sudan-students