Manar al-Houbi’s family had been denied entry despite a scholarship covering their living costs, but other students remain stranded
The UK government has finally evacuated Manar al-Houbi, the Gaza student who won a fully funded scholarship to pursue her PhD at the University of Glasgow, along with her family from the war-ravaged territory this week.
In October, the Guardian highlighted Houbi’s desperate battle to get her family evacuated after they were denied entry to the UK, despite her scholarship and visa permitting her to bring them.
As part of a UK crackdown on immigration, most international students have been prevented from bringing their dependants.
Shortly after Houbi’s story, the UK government made a U-turn on its policy, stating it would support the evacuation of dependants on a “case-by-case basis”.
