#visa-restrictions

#visa-restrictions

Within days of 7 October 2023, much of Maryam's world had been wiped out: her home in Gaza City, her children's schools, and the Islamic University of Gaza, where she was a graduate student in physics, were all destroyed by airstrikes. In early December, Maryam's mentor Sufian Tayeh, a prominent Palestinian scientist and president of the Islamic University of Gaza was killed along with his family in an Israeli strike.

Confirming that she hopes to take a harder line than her predecessor, Yvette Cooper, she said she would do whatever it takes to cut the number of people entering the UK by irregular routes such as small boats. In a first announcement as home secretary, she proposed to cut the number of visas granted to countries that delay or refuse returns of their citizens who have no right to remain in the UK.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced visa restrictions for Brazilian judicial officials and their families, accusing Justice Alexandre de Moraes of creating a censorship complex.