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Overseas Students: Discrimination and Hate Crime

Commons · Question 33209 · Tabled 24 Feb 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 4 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help reduce (a) hate crime and (b) discrimination against international students.

Answer

Answered by Janet Daby, 4 Mar 2025

The department condemns all forms of hatred on our campuses. Every student, irrespective of their background, should feel safe to pursue their studies at university.As autonomous institutions, universities should have robust processes in place to prevent ...