Leaders at several of Britain’s top universities have warned Sir Keir Starmer that students from Gaza given scholarships will miss out on a place this year if they are not evacuated from the strip by the end of the week.
Palestinians with fully funded places to study at the universities of Cambridge, Oxford, Bristol, Exeter, Glasgow, Sussex and UCL, could lose their spots and remain stranded in the enclave if they are not called forward for evacuation on dual lists for Wednesday 22 October or Sunday 26 October.