Government cuts student funding to spend it on ID cards
James Elsdon-Baker | 08.08.2008 15:29 | Education | Migration
James Elsdon-Baker NO2ID spokesperson said “The government is treating these students like criminals by forcing them to get fingerprinted and carry ID cards, now adding insult to injury we now hear that an amount similar as that spent on the Thales contract has just been cut from overseas funding. Depriving us from the cultural and academic benefits these students bring to our society."
This follows on from recent announcements that British Universities will be forced to do the governmetnts dirty work by being forced to report details on the whereabouts of their overseas students to the UK Borders Agency (3).
Notes
(1) http://www.information-age.com/home/information-age-today/458031/thales-wins-contract-for-id-card-prototype.thtml
(2) http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=403113&c=1
(3 http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/managingourborders/pbsdocs/statementofintent/studentsunderthepointsbased.pdf?view=Binary
(4) NO2ID is the UK-wide non-partisan campaign against ID cards and the
database state. Scroll down http://www.no2id.net for a list of 'database
state' initiatives that NO2ID is actively opposing.
James Elsdon-Baker
e-mail:
yorkshire@no2id.net
Homepage:
http://www.yorkshireno2id.org