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In depth: A researcher who was evacuated from Afghanistan as the Taliban took control has called on universities to be “a little less bureaucratic” when it comes to helping students and academics trying to leave the country. And the support and advocacy charity Scholars at Risk has told Research Professional News that more than 100 institutions in Europe have expressed an interest in hosting academics and activists fleeing persecution in Afghanistan.
Full story 1: Researcher who fled Afghanistan says universities must ‘step up’