May 21, (THEWILL) – The United Kingdom Government is set to introduce new measures aimed to prevent international students studying in the country from bringing their families over.
According to a report by the Sun UK, the new immigration policy to be announced sometime this week, comes as net migration into the UK has reached one million, prompting Tory MPs to urge Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, to take control of the rapidly increasing numbers.
Under the new regulations, all masters students and many other post graduates, will be prohibited from bringing their families to the UK.
However, the ban will not apply to Ph.D students, whose courses usually last between 3 and 5 years and are very highly skilled.
“Rishi Sunak is expected to come out fighting on immigration – pointing out they are figures he inherited as they date back to the year ending December 2022 – two months after he became PM.
“There has been an explosion in the number of people coming to Britain piggybacking on their relative’s student visa.
“Students brought 135,788 family members to Britain last year – nine times more than in 2019.
“Last year, 59,053 Nigerian students brought over 60,923 relatives.
“We have got to get a grip”, a Tory MP told The Sun on Sunday.
