The brilliant students the UK doesn’t want - podcast

Why has the UK introduced a ban on student visas for four countries? Today in Focus talks to affected students in Sudan and Afghanistan, as well as our home affairs editor, Rajeev Syal In early March, with little warning, the UK announced a ban on student visas for four countries: Sudan, Afghanistan, Myanmar and Cameroon. It came as devastating news to Afra Elmahdi (pictured), an exceptional student from Sudan. Having survived civil war and been exiled to the United Arab Emirates, she hoped t...

By Presented by Helen Pidd with Rajeev Syal; produced by Eleanor Biggs, Sundus Abdi, Hanna Adan and Brian McNamara; executive producer Sami Kent