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emories of the past four years spent in Edinburgh come flooding back to Isaac Ma as he sits in his room packing the few belongings his bag can hold. The 22-year-old gives some of his possessions to a friend, but other things have to be thrown away. He is due to leave his shared flat in Newington in two days’ time to travel back to his native China – a trip he didn’t expect to have to make so soon.