Natalie SedaccaNov 27, 2022

This is absolutely wild: a Nepali student who flew to the UK to take up a university scholarship with a valid visa and proof of his uni place was detained at the border and held in custody for 12 days, leading to him losing his place.

Adding insult to injury, while a spelling mistake in his bank letter was part of the reason for disbelieving him, the Border Force's letter to him made several spelling mistakes https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/nov/26/treated-like-a-criminal-nepali-student-wrongly-detained-at-uk-border-loses-uni-place

‘Treated like a criminal’: Nepali student wrongly detained at UK border loses uni place

Sulav Khadka was interrogated and held in custody despite providing proof of his place and finances

The Guardian
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@nataliesedacca in all the countries I've traveled to, I definitely felt like UK immigration was by far the most racist toward me, as a South Asian, too. I got threatened with deportation upon arrival in 2016, and I'm an American citizen who was only visiting for 2 weeks. The immigration officee was clearly just a racist little s*** who'd convinced himself I wanted to sneak in to work there forever, but fortunately it seemed his supervisor had some sense.
Nov 27, 2022 at 2:02pmWeb