"I'm just trying to focus on my work, no matter how exhausting the situation is, because I really want to finish. And this is distracting me from doing my best work."
"I don't see what they're trying to achieve by doing this, because I've been employed by a government organisation and my funding comes from the government."
"Her research focuses on how people interact when multiple languages are involved and how mentally handling multilingualism affects human interactions."
"Due to long waiting times and opaque processing methods at the agency, she has been unable to leave the country or see her family from India in a year and a half."
Fahima Ayub Khan, a linguistics researcher, faces deportation from Sweden despite her contributions to academia. After receiving a permit renewal rejection during her PhD, she chose to fight the legal battle to stay. Her research on multilingualism is significant for Sweden, yet she spends more time in immigration court than on her studies. The situation has caused her distress and distraction from her work, and she has been unable to see her family in India for over a year and a half.
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