The UKBA’s Proposed Restrictions on Tier 4 visas: implications for University recruitment of overseas students Author: Professor Edward Acton Professor Edward Acton analyses the Government’s proposals to class international students as migrants with the resulting restriction on student visas, and shows the devastating effect this will have on the recruitment of international students and so […]
Author: Cyrus Mansouri
The Government today announced new tougher student visa rules with limits on work rights and the closure of the post-study work route – Home Secretary Theresa May
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Student Migration in the UK
New ippr report on Student migration in the UK The government’s overall objective is to reduce total net immigration to the UK ‘from the hundreds of thousands to the tens of thousands’ by the end of the current Parliament. Because significant elements of migration flows to the UK are outside the government’s control, net immigration […]
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Migrant Health Guide
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) has launched the Migrant Health Guide, a free-to-use resource that aims to assist primary health care practitioners who look after people who have come to live in the UK from abroad. The Migrant Health Guide is intended to be a “one stop shop” for information to support GPs and nurses […]
2011 is the 60th anniversary of the UN Refugee Convention, the international treaty which guarantees refugees’ rights. The Refugee Convention has saved countless lives and no country has ever withdrawn from it. 2011 also marks 60 years of the Refugee Council and despite the challenges it is facing, it will be celebrating this anniversary in style. […]
