Media coverage of the campaign

Media coverage of the campaign

Media coverage of the issue and our campaign, most recent listed first:

October 2019

• UK: Home Office rejects TOEIC appeals scheme, Viggo Stacey, The PIE News, 23 October

September 2019

• MPs slam Home Office over language test horror for students, Greg Russell, The National, 19 September
• UK response to TOEIC scandal "a systemic failure affecting thousands", Matthew Knott, StudyTravel Magazine, 19 September
• Home Office rush to brand overseas students cheats compared to Windrush scandal, Flora Thompson & Mikey Smith, The Mirror, 18 September
• Overseas students suffered 'real injustice' over English tests, Robert Wright, Financial Times, 18 September
• 'Staggering' Home Office disregard for innocent people saw thousands lose visas in cheating scandal, May Bulman, The Independent, 18 September
• Home Office 'rushed to penalise' students accused of cheating, Rajeev Syal, The Guardian, 18 September
• Home Office slammed over 'staggering' rush to accuse international students of cheating in English tests, Matt Honeycombe-Foster, Politics Home, 18 September
• New report blasts Home Office handling of TOEIC case, Claudia Civinini, The PIE News, 18 September
• UK Parliament panel slams 'flawed' reaction to visa row, Press Trust India, Eastern Eye, 18 September
• UK Parliament panel slams ‘flawed' reaction to visa row affecting many Indians, PTI, Economic Times, 18 September
• UK Parliament Panel Slams "Flawed" Reaction To Visa Row Affecting Indians, PTI, NDTV, 18 September

July 2019

• BBC China report on TOEIC issue, 30 July
• Home Office revoked tens of thousands of visas using 'misleading, incomplete and unsafe' evidence, official report reveals, May Bulman, The Independent, 18 July
• 'Flawed evidence used to deport students accused of cheating language tests', ITV News, 18 July
• TOEIC scandal: Evidence used by Home Office 'could not be relied upon', Claudia Civinini, PIE News, 18 July
• 'Flawed evidence used to deport students accused of cheating language tests', new report says, The Canary, 18 July
• Foreign student visas revoked based on 'misleading' evidence, report finds, Aaron Walawalkar, Rights Info, 18 July
• Indian students caught up in visa row find support of MPs, The Tribune, 18 July
• Home Office 'not that bothered' over English tests scandal, MP says, Amelia Gentleman, The Guardian, 10 July
• Home Office admits 'significant mistakes and misjudgements' made in English language test scandal, May Bulman, Independent, 10 July
• UK Home Office faces further scrutiny over TOEIC scandal, Matthew Knott, StudyTravel Magazine, 3 July
• Home Office faces another inquiry on TOEIC, Claudia Civinini, PIE News, 2 July

June 2019

• Indian students caught up in visa row take plea to Sajid Javid, The Economic Times, 27 June
• Indian Students Accused Of Cheating In Visa Test Take Plea To Sajid Javid, NDTV, 27 June
• English language tests: MPs to hold inquiry into cheating row, Amelia Gentleman, The Guardian, 27 June
• UK: TOEIC students appeal to Home Secretary, Claudia Civinini, The PIE News, 27 June
• Foreign students demand Home Secretary 'put things right' after thousands targeted in cheating scandal, May Bulman, The Independent, 27 June
• ETS invited to give evidence to APPG TOEIC, Claudia Civinini, The PIE News, 17 June
• Mother denied chance to clear her name of charge that will see entire family deported back to husband she fears, May Bulman, The Independent, 15 June
• The high price of a foreign degree, Maliha Khan, The Daily Star, 14 June
• UK students stripped of visas over cheating accusations, Bethan Staton, Deutsche Welle, 12 June

May 2019

• Home Office rebuked by watchdog over test scandal, Matthew Knott, StudyTravel Magazine, 28 May
• Theresa May's miserable legacy, Nathan Akehurst, Tribune, 24 May
• Students 'unfairly' deported over English test scam, Press Trust of India report in The Tribune, Eastern Eye, Business Standard, The Indian Express, NDTV, Latestly, 24 May
• Innocent students wrongly accused of English language test cheating kicked out of UK, Press Association report in Cambridge News, Derby Telegraph, Stoke Sentinel, Gloucestershire Live, North Wales Daily Post, Wales Online, Asian Image, 24 May
• Foreign nationals branded English exam cheats were 'deported without proof of guilt', Sophie Morton, Newham Recorder, 24 May
• Foreign students accused of cheating and denied visas without 'definitive' evidence, watchdog finds, Aaron Walawalkar, Rights Info, 24 May
• 'Innocent people' removed by Home Office over English tests, says watchdog, Kirsteen Paterson, The National, 24 May
• Home Office failed to ensure innocent students were not wrongly detained in cheating scandal, report finds, May Bulman, Independent, 24 May
• Innocent students may have been unfairly removed from UK over exam cheating, report finds, Lisa Dowd, Sky News, 24 May
• Students 'may have been unfairly deported over English test cheat claims, BBC News, 24 May
• Theresa May accused of 'criminalising' thousands of people using 'fundamentally flawed evidence', Frea Lockley, The Canary, 24 May
• NAO verdict: Innocent students may have been wrongly removed, Claudia Civinini, The PIE News, 24 May
• Migrants accused of cheating in tests may have been wrongly removed, The Scotsman, 24 May
• Thousands of people accused of cheating in English language tests win right to stay in UK, Charles Hymas, The Telegraph, 24 May
• Home Office 'failed to protect innocent students in cheat case', Richard Ford, The Times, 24 May
• Over 11k foreign students left UK after being accused of cheating in English tests, Martin Beckford, The Sun, 24 May
• Facing destitution: The student accused by the UK of cheating at English, Amelia Gentleman, The Guardian, 24 May
• Ministers pressed to review Home Office conduct in revoking visas, Robert Wright, Financial Times, 24 May
• English test students may have been wrongly accused, says watchdog, Amelia Gentleman, The Guardian, 24 May
• Documentary on TOEIC case launched at Westminster, Claudia Civinini, The PIE News, 22 May
• Student and campaigner Amin spoke to ITV London on the day of the launch of "Inquisition", Ria Chatterjee, ITV London, 21 May
• 'I felt like a criminal': The students waiting to be cleared of cheating at English, Amelia Gentleman, The Guardian, 21 May
• Theresa May's poisonous immigration legacy, Michael Skapinker, Financial Times, 6 May 
• East Ham MP urges government to allow resits for students accused of cheating English test, Jon King, Newham Recorder, 3 May 
• Ilford foreign students refused visas following wrongful English test accusations, MP says, Aaron Walawalkar, Ilford Recorder, 2 May 
• 'The Stream', Al Jazeera, 2 May 
• Visa scandal: Student says he has never met anyone who cheated, Keerthi Mohan, Eastern Eye, 2 May 
• 'I never met anyone who cheated': Student's anger at English test scandal, Amelia Gentleman, The Guardian, 2 May 
• Accused of cheating: another immigration scandal?, Anushka Asthana and Amelia Gentleman (podcast), The Guardian, 1 May 

April 2019

• Judging by the Home Office, it's now Tory policy to ruin Britain, Nesrine Malik, The Guardian, 30 April 
• Home Office investigated on TOEIC scandal, Claudia Civinini, The PIE News, 29 April 
• UK watchdog to probe overseas student visa row, The Tribune, 28 April 
• Home Office investigated over student visa cheat claims, BBC News, 27 April (the story was also covered on BBC Radio news bulletins throughout 27 April; a report was broadcast on the evening news, clip here; and Migrant Voice Director Nazek Ramadan spoke live on BBC World News that evening)
• Home Office investigated over English test cheating claims, Amelia Gentleman, The Guardian, 27 April 
• Home Office under investigation after 1,000 suddenly deported over English test cheating claims, May Bulman, The Independent, 27 April 
• Home Office investigated over scandal 'bigger than Windrush' that saw 36,000 students' visas cancelled for 'cheating on English language tests, Thomas Burrows, The Sun, 27 April 
• Home Office is probed for cancelling 36,000 student visas and deporting more than 1,000 over accusations of cheating on English language tests, Jack Elson, Mail Online, 27 April 
• Home Office in 'student scandal' after cancelling 36,000 visas and deporting 1,000, James Hockaday, Metro, 27 April 
• UK student visa row: Watchdog to probe English test cheating claims, The New Indian Express, 27 April 
• Lens on U.K. Home Office over treatment of Asian students, Vidya Ram, The Hindu, 27 April 
• Home Office faces legal action over English test cheating claims, Amelia Gentleman, The Guardian, 26 April 
• Student visa cheat claims 'putting our lives on hold', Anna Collinson and Adam Eley, BBC News, 26 April 
• Two affected students and Stephen Timms MP interviewed live on Victoria Derbyshire, BBC, 25 April 
• The Guardian view on the Home Office: a culture of cruelty, The Guardian, 24 April 
• Sajid Javid must act now to right the wrongs of the latest immigration scandal, Martha Gill, The Guardian, 24 April 
• Migrant Voice Director Nazek Ramadan speaks to Iain Dale, LBC, 23 April
• English test scandal: Eight years pretty much destroyed, Amelia Gentleman, The Guardian, 23 April 
• Sajid Javid urged to act in immigration scandal 'bigger than Windrush', Amelia Gentleman, The Guardian, 23 April
• Bid to clear names over visa test cheat claims, Chris Clements, BBC Scotland, 5 April
• Affected students speak in a report broadcast by The Nine, BBC Scotland, 4 April

March 2019

• How Home Office is forcing students to go to their homes?, Priyanka Mehta, Asian Voice, 12 March
• Overseas students wrongly accused by Government of cheating in English language test seek to clear their names, ITV News, Sejal Karia, 4 March
• Foreign students framed by May's 'hostile environment', Ann Douglas, Morning Star, 4 March

February 2019

• Students detained in relation to TOEIC cheating allegations, MP complains, Claudia Civinini, The PIE News, 20 February
• Students wrongly caught up in Theresa May's 'hostile environment' still being detained and 'living in terror', Rob Merrick, The Independent, 17 February
• Thousands of foreign students caught in limbo by scandal, Yojana Sharma, University World News, 7 February
• Migrant Voice Director Nazek Ramadan and student Nomi interviewed on the Partly Political Podcast, Tiernan Douieb, 4 February

January 2019

• TOEIC students campaign marks next step with MPs support, Claudia Civinini, The PIE News, 25 January
• Report broadcast on BBC Asian Network, Rahil Sheikh, 24 January
• Former students campaign for the right to finish their education, Alicia Edwards, London Live, 24 January
• Report broadcast on BBC London, Tolu Adeoye, 24 January
• Report broadcast on ITV London, Ria Chatterjee, 24 January
• The Home Office Accused this Student of Cheating - Now His World Is 'Finished', Chris York, Huffington Post, 24 January
• The Home Office Wrongly Accused Me Of Cheating, And It's Ruined My Life, Nazmul Chowdhury, Huffington Post, 24 January
• There's a bigger scandal than Windrush 'in terms of people removed and lives destroyed', Frea Lockley, The Canary, 24 January
• Stuck in limbo, Maliha Khan, The Daily Star, 24 January
• Migrant Voice launches petition for TOEIC students, Claudia Civinini, The PIE News, 22 January
• How thousands of foreign students were failed by the Home Office, Robert Wright, Financial Times, 19 January

December 2018

• An immigration scandal bigger than Windrush, The House Magazine, 17 December

September 2018

• UK parliament debates TOEIC: "Britain's forgotten immigration scandal", Claudia Civinini, The PIE News, 5 September
• MPs call for inquiry into UK Home Office treatment of foreign students, Judith Vonberg and Sarah Tilotta, CNN, 4 September

July 2018

• Tens of thousands of international students accused of cheating in UK, One World, 11 July
• Thousands of students deported from UK focus of new campaign, Patrick Atack, The PIE News, 11 July
• Home Office urged to let 'cheating' students resit language tests, Amelia Gentleman, The Guardian, 10 July
• 'I've lost everything': International students wrongly kicked out of university over cheating allegations speak out, May Bulman, The Independent, 10 July
• Charity accuses UK government of 'four-year failure' over foreign students, Judith Vonberg, CNN, 10 July
• Branded cheats and threatened with deportation, these students are fighting back, Judith Vonberg, Gianluca Mezzofiore and Sarah Tilotta, CNN, 9 July

May 2018

• Home Office told thousands of foreign students to leave UK in error, Robert Wright, Financial Times, 1 May