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… Instead of asking Maastricht University Executive Board Rianne Letschert, Pamela Habibović and Nick Bos p 14 p 30 p 36 Foreword 2UMagazine / February 2023 February 2023 / UMagazine3 Text Jos Cortenraad Illustrations Ted Struwer Education The number of foreign students arriving at Dutch universities will not be restricted, at least for the time being. This is a good thing, according to ongoing research by Carla Haelermans from the School of Business and Economics (SBE) and Patrick Bijsmans from the … Broad international classroom offers added value Just this morning, UM president Rianne Letschert lashed out in the regional newspaper at Robbert Dijkgraaf. The education minister hinted that he wants to impose a measure that would limit the influx of foreign students. They are alleged to squeeze out Dutch students, cost the state money, fuel the Anglicisation of higher education and exacerbate the housing problem. But none of these arguments hold water, in Letschert’s view—including at Maastricht … and asylum. Those proposals are still under negotiation.” Instead, efforts intensified to externalise protection obligations to third countries. “That’s EU jargon for co-opting non-EU countries into stopping migrants from arriving at EU borders in exchange for financial incentives and increased mobility for their own nationals. This strategy runs the risk of delegitimising the obligation to protect refugees.” Thanks to sheer urgency and the pressure of public opinion, the Ukrainian crisis was …