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Uk: STUDENTS TO REMAIN IN NET
MIGRATION DATA
A report by the home offi ce-appointed migration
Advisory committee (mAc) has rejected calls to
remove international students from offi cial net
migration fi gures. i international students studying in their countries, nternational students studying in their countries,
but they categorise them as international students: ut they categorise them as international students:
commissioned to complete a detailed study b
into the impact of international students, the h
highly valuable education tourists who remain for a ighly valuable education tourists who remain for a
committee also rejected a separate post-study work r relatively short period of time and make huge and elatively short period of time and make huge and
manifold contributions to the economies of the anifold contributions to the economies of the
visa proposed by universities uk (uuk) www. m
universitiesuk.ac.uk. c
countries they reside in.”ountries they reside in.”
however, the authors acknowledged that proper uuk had advocated a new, two-year post-study
evaluation of what students are doing in the post- work visa under which students would remain
study period and when they move onto other sponsored by the institution (see bit.ly/2N1pb1u).
work permits was needed, and also said that there responding to the mAc fi ndings, professor Dame
should be no cap on tier 4 student visas. Janet Beer, uuk president, said, “A change in
James pitman, uk managing Director of Study policy from government in this area would have
Group www.studygroup.com, said, “the uk public backing. polling suggests that the British
is materially underperforming compared to its public does not see international students as long-
competitors, who do indeed count the numbers of term migrants, but as valuable, temporary visitors.”

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