Foreign students including Nigerians in a new law to be approved later this week, will be banned from working in Britain while schooling and will be deported as their study finishes.
Britain's Home Secretary, Theresa May
According to a revealing report on
Mailonline, a fresh crackdown on immigration ordered by Britain's Home Secretary, Theresa May, foreign students including Nigerians in the UK are to be banned from working. The new law will also suggest that the students leave the country at the end of their courses before reapplying to return for a job.
The new rules which ministers says will apply to all those from outside the European Union, will stop colleges being used as a 'back door to a British work visa' as official figures show that 121,000 non-EU students entered the UK in the 12 months to June last year, but only 51,000 left – a net influx of 70,000.
The British government estimates that the number of foreign students coming to the UK will rise by more than 6% a year up to 2020 as home secretary, Theresa May takes action against 870 bogus colleges, banning them from taking foreign students.
Under the new rules, non-EU students will be denied the right to work while in the UK and will not be able to apply for a visa extension when their course finishes as students will have to leave the country before applying to return under a work visa.
The length of stay is also expected to be cut to two years when the plans are unveiled later this week as Immigration Minister, James Brokenshire said it was "part of our plan to control immigration for the benefit of Britain".
"Immigration offenders want to sell illegal access to the UK jobs market and there are plenty of people willing to buy. Hard-working taxpayers who are helping to pay for publicly funded colleges expect them to be providing topclass education, not a back door to a British work visa", Brokenshire added.