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4 June 2025

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Professor of mathematics.

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Kevin Maguire.

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Explanations to the government that foreign students at the universities are good.

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Sasha Roseneil, the vice-chancellor of the University of Sussex.

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Nigel Farage.

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This article appears in the 04 Jun 2025 issue of the New Statesman, The Housing Trap