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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Robyn Vinter North of England correspondent

Nigerian students at Teesside University ordered to leave UK after currency crash

Teesside campus with students walking past and sitting on lawn
Teesside University said it had ‘no choice’ as failure to pay was a breach of visa sponsorship rules. Photograph: Teeside University

Nigerian students at a UK university say they are devastated after some were thrown off their course and ordered to leave the UK when they got behind on their fees because of a currency crash.

Teesside University withdrew students who missed their fee instalments and informed the Home Office, after some students’ savings were wiped out when the value of Nigeria’s naira crashed.

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