Foreign students could be forced to leave the UK after their courses finish under tough new rules being considered by the Home Secretary, reports say.
Theresa May wants the Conservative party's next manifesto include a pledge to make non-European Union graduates return home and apply for a work visa from abroad if they want to continue living in Britain, according to The Sunday Times.
At the moment most students switch easily to a work visa from within the UK.
Under the proposal, universities and colleges would be fined and stripped of the right to sponsor foreign students if they fail to ensure that students left the UK.
A source close to the Home Secretary told the newspaper that Mrs May has warned the Prime Minister that failure to act on foreign students will make it impossible for him to hit his target of cutting net migration.
"Making sure immigrants leave Britain at the end of their visa is as important a part of running a fair and efficient immigration system as controlling who comes here in the first place," the source said.
"Theresa is pressing for the next Conservative manifesto to contain a policy that will make sure that anybody coming here on a student visa will have to leave the country in order to apply for a new visa of any kind.
"She wants to make the colleges and universities that sponsor foreign students responsible for ensuring their departure.
"And she wants to be able to fine colleges and universities with low departure rates and deprive the worst of them of their right to sponsor foreign students."
But senior Liberal Democrats warned Mrs May's plan could deprive the UK of highly-skilled graduates.
A senior Lib Dem source said it made "zero economic sense" and "such a blunt instrument would not get our support".
An aide to Deputy PM and Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg added: "We think it is a very bad idea to get rid of people who have spent years training to be physicists and computer programmers.
"We've invested a lot in these people and to turf them out for the sake of some figures doesn't make any sense."
Mrs May is also likely to face resistance from Chancellor George Osborne, who encouraged David Cameron to ditch quotas for immigrants in his recent speech on EU migration because it would hurt the economy.
Mr Cameron has insisted that only the Tories can offer "competence" on dealing with immigration.
Writing in the Daily Express on Saturday, Mr Cameron said his Government had addressed some of the problems inherited from a Labour administration that "let immigration get out of control".
"I came into office with a single-minded determination to turn all this around - and real progress has been made," he said.
"We put a cap on those coming here to work from outside the European Union - and we have seen the numbers fall significantly, close to levels last seen in the 1990s.
"Major work has been done to clamp down on the bogus 'colleges' that were really just a front for people to come here, with more than 800 of them shut down so far."
Official figures from the Office for National Statistics show that 121,000 non-EU students entered the UK in the year to June, but only 51,000 left, meaning 70,000 stayed behind in just one year, The Sunday Times says.
The business department has calculated that the number of foreign students coming to the UK will rise by more than 6% a year up to 2020.
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dis is serios shit
ReplyDeleteMost of the Liberal Democrats in the parliament will not support the motion,so it might not work.Theresa May wicked woman there is no difference between you and Iron Lady' Margaret Thatcher
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This woman should just shussh-up. I no blame ham sha
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DeleteNawao! This life sha, different ppl, different problems,different day, different stories.*smiles*
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Exactly.
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Totally agree with you!
DeleteHonestly. But again greed won't let them
DeleteI don't know what to say
ReplyDeleteIt favours Nigeria as a country
That way all this best graduating student in d uk that are Nigerian can come back home and be useful to us
Buh the students wont be finding this funny
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DeleteAs if you have a job ready for them....think before you write.
DeleteNigeria is full of unemployed graduates, some are selling pure white in traffics, is that what they bargained for when they were in the university.....i don't blame anybody that decides to stay on after their studies in they UK because they have a better chance to getting a job.
Nigeria full of eye service.....plz is monday morning jare don't get me started.
Theresa May should just get her racist self out of the way. I hope Labour wins next election...party for the people.
Sut fac! All those people getting into countries with student visas...hehehehehehehe! Y'all are coming home soon!
ReplyDeleteI'll be back to read 'intelligent' comments...lmao!
Going for mine very soon by God's grace...n trust me,am not coming back
DeleteThank God U know urs is a stupid comment. Bye!
DeleteAt least they got into the countries with student visa, you wey enter with prostitutes visa nko?
DeleteAnon 12:14, you must be a kangaroo...jumping into conclusions like the fool you are! Lmao!
DeleteYour student visa don expire, oya dey come naija. Hehehehehehehehehe!
Make I no type too much, this Italian cold is something ehn! Off to the mountain, make I go view Switzerland from the mountain top!
Uuuuugiiiaaaaa! Sut fac!
Hey serious gobe for international students o. Do I blame them? If after u complete your education you refuse to return home to get a befitting job, then your home country should be queried. Not only Nigerians though. This is tough.
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It's a request.
Help.
Pls.
ABEG NO IBINABO STORY TODAY NA.
LET ANODA PERSON BREAK INTERNET ABEG
As in eh!
DeleteHehehe you have killed me dead ooh LMAO. But wetin you talk na true sha
DeleteBwahahahahahahaha.
DeleteGobe!
ReplyDeleteIts highly appalling how these countries treat foreigners most especially Africans.. They are using this act to discourage "us" from coming to their country... Its better I just stay in my country o. This condition am in here is better than the one I'll face over there... #sighs. Goodmorning fam.
ReplyDelete#Sleek
Honestly speaking,I believe in Nigeria...
ReplyDeleteSchool abroad-Yes
Bu hiding from police jst to stay abroad-NO NO...
There's too much money to be made in ds country...
We merely have a system that doesn't work...
So,whilst u r schooling abroad,be arranging for ur home-coming...
N'uwam ozo,agam abukwa onye Nigeria...
UP NIGERIA !!!
I second your opinion. Nigeria is a good place to live and make money only if the conditions are made better and appealing.
DeleteIhe ojoo agbakwana afo...Nigeria ko African ni mtchewwwww!!!
DeleteThis woman is so stupid so people should come n spend millions to go to uni only to b tossed put after they r done without even allowing them to work a bit that's so unfair they can keep their UK to themselves
ReplyDeleteThis is just pure witch hunt by Theresa May........why is she such a saddist? She even looks like one bereft of happiness. Nonsense!
ReplyDeleteNo be today students don dey run comot ... Took off after my postgrad.
ReplyDeleteThey have no clue about what they need to do that's why they are victimizing international students, the people from the EU claiming benefits are the problem without contributing a penny to govt coffers..... It's so bad that Polish and Lithuanians are claiming benefits for kids in Poland and Lithuania ooo and same for other EU migrants ... Just yesterday EU court of justice granted Turkish migrants same benefits and the UK cannot appeal ... Rubbish
WITCH!
ReplyDeleteNot jst a witch but a SYNTHETIC WITCH...
DeleteIt's good in my own opinion. At least all those ajebutter Nigerians who run there to further their studies will have a chance to come home and try their hands on something in their country. Theresa May should push it.....
ReplyDeleteI blame them? If not that the Nigerian system has failed it's citizens woefully,w wouldn't be hearing this rubbish. And to think that Britain makes a large part of its revenue from foreign tuition...as I said,i no blame them. As for me sha,if it ain't America or Canada,i ain't interested!
ReplyDeleteThis woman is an idiot! How does this stupid and wicked idea grow their economy? Anyways, wish it could come through so all these our highly skilled brain-drained professionals could come home and invest at home since our govt ain't interested in investing on our young and energetic graduates and professionals!
ReplyDeleteMY IDEA REALLY.
UCHE ONYE ADIGHIYA NJO.
It is well!!
ReplyDeleteThese home office people should get their acts together joor.
ReplyDeleteThey keep changing their rules, almost as if they're not quite sure which direction to go.
You go to the UK as a commonwealth citizen and they still expect you to write their English exam to prove your proficiency, but someone from Poland or Romania who doesn't speak a word of English goes straight in and is given same rights as a British citizen, just because they're white!
They should just state the real reason for these rash policies. Mschewweew!
Your right. Uk immigration policies are so racist. It is clear for all to see. It is targeted at non white countries. Those Eastern Europeans English is very bad but yet they come to uk freely with no problems and yet a so called commonwealth citizen who English was a first language faces so many obstacles.
DeleteMega Gobe o!
ReplyDeleteChai!
My cousins o!
Their plans o!
@ Madam Theresa,but why???
Nne don't mind madam Tessy o.
DeleteWow this policy no good oooo!!!!well if some leave,they might possibly get something good doing in their various countries so they wont need to go back...
ReplyDeleteThis wash no pure ooo hian
That's going to be a difficult one. After all the monies these students have invested in their country and economy. How many International students does she want to send back? Like the home students go to school or how much do they pay despite being given students loan. Most constitute a nuisance on the streets yet she is got eyes on the International students pumping money into their economy all in a bid to study abroad. She dey crayyyyy.. Shege bansa
ReplyDeleteDats serious
ReplyDeleteHaba, that is very bad o... Ahan
ReplyDeleteSee gobe. Anyway, it will make those rich kids to come back and to hustle like the poor masses.
ReplyDeleteSerious! If only Nigeria had a working system, who will prefer a foreign land to his/her own land. There is no place like home.. May God redeem Nigeria.
ReplyDeleteDis woman better chill ohh.....u b bad belle ohhh
ReplyDeleteThis Theresa May is one mean woman, I no know Wetin immigrants do am
ReplyDeleteIt's good o. What is d ASUU doing wt all d money de collected from d govt which de claimed is for lab n school equipment fr better learning in Nigeria. Nigeria should do sometin abt dia school instead of spending d money on sending dia children abroad. I like d policy.
ReplyDeletecan someone just shut this woman up.why do you think so high of your country. I no blame you.if not for these beasts that are ruling us; depriving us of all our rights; will you be talking.because I know that most percentage of that your figure are Nigerians. umunna natanu biko.let us hustle it together here than you taking shit in someone's land.it is better to take it here and be free.listen woman; in martin Luther jnr's voice.I say: I have a dream where Britain and USA will queue up fighting for Nigerian visa and will not get.iseee.
ReplyDeleteFirst time on sdk blog, keep up the good work Stella.
ReplyDeleteAnother wrong solution ma'am, you and David Cameron won election with immigration crack down. It has failed. If you like chase all Africans and Asians away from the UK, your immigration problem is EU. Failed manifesto, failed govt.
ReplyDeleteYour immigration nuisance is from EU and not from Africa and Asia put together!
But that's none of my business!
... commenting from Ikoyi Cemetery
On point,the woman no sabi wetin dey do am
DeleteAs her name clearly states Theresa "May" not Theresa "Will" send International students home after schooling in the UK. A joke I know it is for now
ReplyDeleteAfrican leaders should stop looting their nations and develop it instead.
ReplyDeleteUr headline. "Theresa May Wants to" it should be "Theresa May Want to" no 's' in the 'Want'. U welcome stella
ReplyDeleteIgnorance is bad. The woman's last name is May. Pls read more and know or even use Google when u don't understand. Her name is Theresa May. Just so that you don't disgrace yourself in public when a discussion about her comes up. Cheers!
DeleteLol @nicky you are already saying stella is welcome biko she don tell you thank you ni???I don't blame you,the headline is confusing at first. But her name is Theresa May.....oya thank stella now
DeleteBitchplis, the Lord is your muscle.
ReplyDeleteI wish you all the best.
Pele, Nikki! Hope you are feeling better after recovering from stupidity! Rubbish, think and Google before you type
ReplyDeletei would rather drink garri abroad than live in nigeria .
ReplyDeleteit is well.no be their fault na.
ReplyDeleteSeriously, I don't pity those who take their hard earned money to go and dash UK universities.....
ReplyDeleteThat time don pass.....many people are wiser now...
Mschetwwww, when Canada is there...
Na racism-entrenched Uk dem de see, with their expensive fees and no provision for stag, abeggiii!!
Stella,
ReplyDelete3 very important points to note
1- ".....At the moment most students switch easily to a work visa from within the UK....."
This is not necessarily true as this changed about 2 years ago. It is no longer easy to switch to a work visa after graduation.
2- ".....Under the proposal, universities and colleges would be fined and stripped of the right to sponsor foreign students if they fail to ensure that students left the UK......"
This can never ever work. Are Universities and Colleges the Immigration Services? And attempting to blackmail students by withholding certificates or threatening to withdraw such if the students are not able to prove that they have left the country would fall flat on it's face. Even the academic community would rise up in arms against such nonsense.
3- The already financially deprived university system in the UK CANNOT afford to alienate foreign students as it is their money as well as brains that keep the system going. A lot of disciplines wouldn't have been on offer if the system did not have students coming in from India, China, Nigeria etc.
Universities in Canada, Australia and the United States especially are fighting very seriously for the attention and they are rapidly getting it
I know I said 3 but make I add one jara....
4- Anybody who wants to come and study in the United Kingdom should feel free to do so BUT be careful with the Universities that you choose. All the ones jumping up and down for your attention in Nigeria are usually third rate and even to get a job with their certificates can be difficult for those who can work in the UK.
It's well
ReplyDeleteI blame people that go there to school. How many of their children can afford the fees? If international students stop going there na dem go suffer.
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