"The Emirati government is not imposing a blanket ban, meaning that richer families can still send their children to study in the UK if they pay themselves, while significant funding continues for those who seek university degrees elsewhere. Dozens of suspected Brotherhood members were rounded up and jailed in the UAE. The government supported the Egyptian military when it overthrew the presidency of group member Mohammed Morsi in 2013."
"Sir John Jenkins, a former ambassador to Saudi Arabia, concluded its beliefs were opposed to British values but did not find enough evidence to ban it. Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has vowed to proscribe the brotherhood if he becomes prime minister. There are concerns in Britain that the group has infiltrated university campuses, using student organisations to invite Islamist speakers to give lectures that flirt with extremism."
The UAE has proscribed the Muslim Brotherhood and pressured European countries to do the same, while not imposing a blanket ban on students studying abroad. Richer Emirati families can still self-fund UK study, and funding remains for study elsewhere. Dozens of suspected Brotherhood members were arrested and jailed in the UAE. The UAE backed Egypt's 2013 military removal of Mohammed Morsi and led lobbying that prompted a UK inquiry which found Brotherhood beliefs opposed to British values but insufficient evidence for a ban. Emirati student numbers at UK universities doubled to 8,500 by 2024, then fell sharply in subsequent visa data.
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