Home truths about the Home Office

What should have been a straightforward application for leave to remain in the UK turned into a Kafkaesque nightmare for University of St Andrews’ lecturer Emily Michelson, whose research trip to Italy proved too much for visa administrators to handle

Published on
April 13, 2017
Last updated
April 19, 2017
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Thanks for this article, which does a lovely job of tracking both the complexities of the visa process (including the infuriations of dealing with the human-less Home Office) and the realities of addressing that there are people who have even less access and ability to battle for their right to cross borders. I think so many of us in academia have very outdated ideas of freedom of movement and the expat life. I know I did. The closure of borders and the increase in bureaucracy affects all of us, and the ways that these physical prohibitions are going to affect the exchange of ideas and the vibrancy of communities is more than troubling as countries double-down on tightened restrictions for entry.

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