Out of curiosity, what happens if a student from the EU is expelled from a UK university?
Just a little context, in September a student joined the uni and joined our group of friends. Introduced themselves as mid twenties studying first year undergrad, which at the time didn't seem right because they looked almost twice that but brushed it off. When I met them, they were one of those people that made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up but I couldn't say exactly what it was about them that made me feel so threatened. Their outward appearance, and genuinely on the inside too, is of someone who is extremely dumb (a word I hate using but there is no other description), completely incapable of looking after themselves in any capacity, unable to search for answers to their own question online, and a myriad of others. Yet at the same time, they're reasonably intelligent, speak foreign languages fluently, and manipulative. They know exactly what to say and do and pretend to be to get other people to do what they want.
Over the course of the year, this person has been reported to the SU and student services mostly by girls for a wide, wide range of allegations. Everything from sexual harassment and remarks against girls, following people, attacking other students for little to no reason (punched a student in the face on a trip and shoved someone to the floor at a club) bearing in mind their peers are around 18 years old, going to the nightclub alone and just standing in the corner watching people, and being shifty as, if you understand.
It got to the point where at the end of the year they were called to a student misconduct hearing (the list of stuff they've been reported for could write a book so I haven't listed even a fiftieth here), and although staff couldn't tell students what had happened, I know that they were handed a lifetime ban from ever attending social spaces on campus and social events hosted by the university (parties, cafes, etc). It was later uncovered that this person was actually nearly 40. Not mid twenties like they claimed throughout the year. And not just this, but just before December, was also handed a lifetime ban from ever being a director of or owning a business in the UK by Companies House.
Now to my question, this student started living in Ireland right before the UK left the EU so they didn't have a visa when they applied for this university. Because they were not here on a visa, what happens if they are expelled? I believe visa-students would be told they need to go home, but what would happen in this case? And would they be able to apply to a UK uni again? Note: they no longer have an address in Ireland so their only UK address was the address they had living on campus. Apologies for the long text