Student Immigration

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... More

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 Less