UK To Ban Immigration Of Masters Students’ Families, Others – Report

The move is part of an immigration crackdown reportedly in the works with official figures out this Thursday expected to show that net migration has rocketed to 1 million. The United Kingdom has indicated plans to ban some foreign students from bringing their family members into the country. The move is part of an immigration crackdown reportedly in the works with official figures out this Thursday expected to show that net migration has rocketed to 1 million. “A string of alarmed Tory MPs have broken cover to call for Rishi Sunak to get a grip on the rocketing numbers,” The Sun UK revealed in a report on Saturday. “Scrambling to get ahead of the bad news, ministers are expected to announce the immigration clampdown on Tuesday or Wednesday.” According to the report, the crackdown will see “all masters students and many other postgraduate students” 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,” it added. Immigration figures point to an “explosion” in the number of people relocating to Britain on the privilege of their relatives’ student visas. A total of 135,788 family members reportedly tagged along as students moved into Britain for study last year — nine times more than in 2019.