Most foreign students will be banned from bringing family over to Britain in an immigration crackdown being announced this week.
Why The United Kingdom Will Ban Foreign Students To Bring Family Over
It comes as official figures out this Thursday are expected to show that net migration has rocketed to 1 million.
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A string of alarmed Tory MPs have broken cover to call for Rishi Sunak to get a grip on the rocketing numbers.
Scrambling to get ahead of the bad news, ministers are expected to announce the immigration clampdown on Tuesday or Wednesday.
Students That Will Be Affected By The Decision
The crackdown will see all masters students and many other post grads banned from bringing family over.
The ban will not apply to PHD students, whose courses usually last between 3 and 5 years and are very highly skilled.
What The Home Secretary Is Planning
Home Secretary Suella Braverman and her deputy Robert Jenrick also wanted to lift the salary threshold, but were overruled after kick back from the Treasury.
Currently, foreign workers have to meet a £26,000 salary threshold to move to Britain.
But the Home Office wanted to raise this to £33,000 – which is the average wage of a worker in Britain.
Plans of the British Prime Minister On The Immigration Rule
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.
Stats On What Students Especially Nigerians Are Relocating To The UK With Their Family
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.
One Tory MP told The Sun on Sunday: “We have got to get a grip.”
Credits: The Sun UK
