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A busy morning on Houghton Street, our Sabbatical Officers are campaigning against the proposed Immigration Bill. Make a difference and write to your MP, the Home Secretary and the Minister for Immigration in under 60 seconds via www.nus.org.uk/unwelcome.

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ONE LSE: One Voice for International Students

International Students make up 56% of LSE’s student population.

The proposed changes affect our community, they affect us all.

ONE LSE: One voice for International Students.

The Government is actively making life difficult for international students at LSE in trying to pass an immigration bill through parliament. The changes proposed in the bill will affect non-EEA students, who make up 75% of those subject to visa controls. Professor Craig Calhoun described the changes on Twitter described as “short sighted and foolish”.

If this bill is passed, it will mean:

1. More than half of LSE Students will be charged over £1000 through the course of their degree to use the NHS

The proposed introduction of healthcare charges of up to £200 per person per year of study is discriminatory, counter-intuitive and impractical. In particular, for postgraduate research students with families this could mean an additional visa fee of £3000 before even stepping foot into the UK.

2. All LSE Students will have to supply documentation, despite their citizenship status, proving they have the right to stay in the UK. Not doing so, could mean a £3000 fine for your landlord – which will inevitably be passed on to you

Private landlords/letting agents are not and must not become the UKs border patrol. A fine of £3000 for landlords who don’t ensure a tenant has the right to live in the UK will mean that the costs of background checks will fall on tenancy seekers and may result in racial profiling in order to mitigate risk upon accepting a tenant.

In addition to existing practices of not accepting non-UK guarantors and demanding larger tenancy deposits or 6 months of rent upfront, landlords and letting agents are making the UK a very unattractive place to study. The Immigration Bill will amplify an already acute problem.

3. LSE Students will lose the right to appeal if they apply for a visa or visa extension whilst in the UK.

Government statistics show that 50% of in-country appeals were upheld last year and that 70% of these were due to errors in the application process. LSESU does not support removing the right to appeal a Home Office decision when the system remains so flawed.

What we want you to do about it:

- write to your MP, Theresa May, the Home Secretary and Mark Harper, Minister for Immigration in 60 seconds via www.nus.org.uk/unwelcome.

-get a postcard on Houghton street and write your message in support of LSEs International students, put this up as profile pictures and SHARE! (#OneLSE)

-sign the following NUS petition: http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/uk-government-prevent-the-introduction-of-unfair-nhs-charges

If you have any questions/concerns, please e-mail me at [email protected].

Anneessa Mahmood

Community and Welfare Officer

LSE Students’ Union

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