Ghanaian students at UK universities face deportation amid funding crisis

"Prince Komla Bansah, the president of the group of students, said some have already been deported by the Home Office after their universities withdraw their registrations for non-payment; while others have been evicted from their accommodation or forced to borrow money to survive. Bansah said: For most of these students, I don't know how they survive. Some of them may be working part-time but it's very hard to do that while studying for a PhD."

"The petition sent to Downing Street says the funding crisis is so severe that some colleagues are now facing court cases over unpaid rent. To survive, some have had to depend on food banks because they have no money to feed themselves. The students affected are at institutions spread across Britain, including University College London, Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen and the universities of Nottingham, Bradford, Warwick, Lincoln and Liverpool."

More than 100 doctoral students from Ghana studying at UK universities are stranded without promised scholarship payments or tuition fee settlements. Some students have had registrations withdrawn and faced Home Office deportation, eviction, debt, court cases over unpaid rent, reliance on food banks, or costly loans from home. A group representing affected students has sought intervention in the UK to prompt payment of a multi‑million‑pound backlog. Ghanaian authorities report inheriting debts to about 110 UK institutions estimated at £32m, have paused new scholarships to the UK, and are conducting an audit while proposing instalment plans with some institutions.

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