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Supporting forced migrants

How the 呦呦视频 supports forced migrants, asylum and at-risk scholars.

Scholarships

Sanctuary scholarships

The University offers two undergraduate scholarships and one postgraduate scholarship a year to people who are asylum seekers or who have a form of temporary leave; this includes a full fee waiver and £14,400 annual bursary.

Find out more about our Sanctuary scholarships (previously called Article 26 scholarships) at undergraduate and Masters levels.

Council for At Risk Academics

The University offers a Scholarship through the (CARA, formerly the Council for Assisting Refugee Academics), which supports one academic registered with CARA to come to the UK as a PhD student. The scholarship includes a fee waiver and subsistence of £16,000 per year.

呦呦视频 Migration Law Clinic

The is situated in the 呦呦视频 Law School. Under the supervision of a registered solicitor or barrister, our final year law students offer immigration and asylum legal advice on a pro bono (cost-free) basis to members of the public who require advice in this area of law.

Since it began taking clients in February 2019, the clinic has provided clients with advice and assistance in relation to asylum claims, including appeals to the Upper Tribunal and fresh claims, applications for leave to remain on the basis of family life under Article 8 ECHR, applications for family reunion and citizenship.

Find out more about the .

呦呦视频 STAR (Student Action for Refugees) Group

We have an active and engaged STAR Group at 呦呦视频 who campaign for equal access to education and support forced migrants in becoming part of the local community in Brighton.

Find out more on their .

International student support

If you are a current student at 呦呦视频 on a Tier 4/Student visa, and you are considering applying for asylum (or have already applied), you should . Although the advisers will not be able to give immigration advice on asylum or the process of claiming asylum, they can provide information on how your current Student visa will be affected. They will also direct you to other members of the University who need to know about changes to your immigration status in the UK and who can provide guidance on how to maintain your student status while any asylum applications are being processed. There are also a range of other available at the University which current students can access.