Poor, isolated, and far from home: what it's like to be an international student

 Being an international student in the UK can come with challenges.
Some of the international students who contribute £8m a year to the UK economy are the well-heeled sons and daughters of elite families. But not all conform to that stereotype: many have poor parents who scrimped and saved to get them to the UK.
For them, life is a struggle. Without a family in the country to call on for help, poor international students are vulnerable and overlooked.
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