Africa visa denials to study abroad exceed every continent, on steady rise
In Europe, nearly one-third of Africans applying for a visa to Europe’s Schengen area are rejected — the highest refusal rate of any region – according to Henley & Partners. PHOTO | SHUTTERSTOCK
The African continent has, by far, the highest visa denial rate than any other region in the world, and it is steadily rising, new reports show.
The Shorelight report and another study in Europe by migration consultancy firm, Henley & Partners, show that students seeking to study abroad from the Global South in general, and the African continent in particular, are denied student visas at disproportionately higher rates than those from other world regions.
