The United Kingdom is set to introduce fresh restrictions that will likely prevent Nigerian students and other international students studying in the UK from bringing their families over. The announcement will be made public this week.
Reports from The Sun UK state that this new crackdown will see all masters students and several other postgraduates banned from bringing their family members over. However, the ban will not be applicable to PHD students, whose courses usually last between three and five years and are deemed highly skilled by the UK media house.
This decision follows reports that net migration into the UK has reached an all-time high of 1 million and Tory MPs have been urging Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to act on the soaring figures. To tackle the increasing migration numbers, UK ministers are expected to announce the immigration clampdown during the week.
According to The Sun, “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.”
It should be noted that this ban is expected to affect students of other nationalities studying in the UK as well.
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