Afghan refugee in London told to give up doctorate and move to Yorkshire

Afghan refugee Ahmad with two of his children. His family have been told they have to move to Yorkshire. Photograph: Andy Hall/The Observer

A Chevening academic will be forced to give up a doctorate, a scholarship and teaching roles under Home Office plans to uproot Afghan refugees from London and move them to hotel rooms in Yorkshire, a university has said.

Suella Braverman, the home secretary, has been asked by a senior university official to intervene after Ahmad, a PhD student in engineering, and his young family were told to relocate 200 miles away to Wetherby near Leeds.