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Gaza: Overseas Students

Asked by Chris LawScottish National PartyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled Answered 4 September 2025UIN 69835

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he plans to take to ensure safe passage for students in Gaza due to commence university programmes in the UK.

Answered by Mr Hamish Falconer

We are working urgently to support Chevening Scholars in Gaza who have offers from British universities to leave and take up their places in the UK. The Government is working through options on how best to support other students with scholarships to take up their places at UK universities this academic year, in the context of an extremely challenging situation on the ground in Gaza.

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