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Backlash Against May’s Plans to Send Home Foreign Graduates

The Home Secretary, Theresa May, recently revealed government plans to send international students home after graduation, in order to control the immigration flow. However, there has been large-scale opposition and condemnation of her student exit plan, with many saying the target should be illegal immigrants not overseas students. It is likely that non-EU students arriving in the UK to study next year will face being expelled as soon as they finish their studies; Ms. May justified the move by saying that the UK needs tougher controls, arguing that over a quarter of immigration was through the student visa system. The policy will reduce the duration of Tier 4 student visas from sixteen months to just twelve months, after twelve months students who want to either seek employment or travel ...