Why the Government should rethink the emergency visa brake on study visas

The UK Government’s recent announcement of an ‘emergency visa brake’ on study visas for university applicants from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan has profound consequences, not only for those who will be denied the opportunity to study in the UK, but for the UK’s global reputation and soft power and for the prospect of international development and progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals in four of the countries most in need of global support to achieve them.