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throwuttfjon Student Debt Burdened Them, So They Moved Abroad and Stopped Paying

They do, state owned education

throwuttfjon Student Debt Burdened Them, So They Moved Abroad and Stopped Paying

No, they also do that, if you have no money to pay.

throwuttfjon Student Debt Burdened Them, So They Moved Abroad and Stopped Paying

Right, for tiny fee of 6000 euro return ticket, and 2000 euro monthly rent. Great plan to save money and pay debt!

throwuttfjon Student Debt Burdened Them, So They Moved Abroad and Stopped Paying

Education is also a privilege. And universities should have no power to block people from leaving a country. It is like Emirates preventing people to go home, because of unpaid speeding tickets. Or Qatar confiscating passports of Indian workers.

throwuttfjon Student Debt Burdened Them, So They Moved Abroad and Stopped Paying

> Passport Blocks: Arrears exceeding €5,000 can result in registration in the passport alert system, making it impossible to receive a new passport,

I would say that is pretty serious violation of human rights, for relatively small infraction. Soviet countries used similar system to prevent people from leaving their communist paradise.

How are you supposed to pay your debt, if you are not allowed to find new job abroad?!