Student Immigration
The Parliamentary Yearbook is currently gathering news items for major features in
the next edition covering the UK education system and has been following closely the
efforts of Government to provide a balance between the need to limit...
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Student Immigration
The Parliamentary Yearbook is currently gathering news items for major features in
the next edition covering the UK education system and has been following closely the
efforts of Government to provide a balance between the need to limit immigration and
the economic benefit of overseas students coming to the UK
In the wake of the withdrawal of London Metropolitan University’s licence to sponsor
students from outside the EU, the Commons Public Accounts Committee today published its
Report: Immigration: Points Based System-Student Route .
The Committee examined, on the basis of evidence from the Home Office and the UK
Border Agency, the implementation and management of the student route of the Points
Based System for immigration.
The Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MP, Chair of the Committee of Public Accounts, today said:
"It is extraordinary that the UK Border Agency introduced its new points based system for
students before proper controls were in place to replace the old
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