Asylum and migrant families facing £25,000 tuition fees

Students under 18 starting their course must have lived in the UK for 7 years to access free tuition

Hundreds of A-grade students from migrant and asylum families are struggling to access University because of a Scottish Government tuition fee policy.

They’re being classed as international students and are facing paying up to £25,000 a year for their courses, despite having gone through the Scottish education system.

The Scottish Government is currently carrying out a consultation on changes to the law, after a landmark case ruled the policy breached the European Convention of Human Rights.

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