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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Amelia Gentleman

Home Office test scandal students to pitch Mr Bates-inspired TV drama

Signage for the Home Office in Westminster, London
Thousands of overseas students have spent almost a decade contesting the Home Office’s allegations. Photograph: Kirsty O’Connor/PA Media

Overseas students wrongly accused of cheating by the Home Office are developing a television drama pitch, inspired by the success of Mr Bates vs the Post Office in persuading politicians to look again at an unresolved scandal.

A group of students still battling to clear their names met earlier this month to begin writing an account of their experiences, which they hope will convey to a wider audience the catastrophic fallout from the Home Office’s decision to cancel about 35,000 international students’ visas amid allegations of cheating.

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