The United Kingdom (UK), on Tuesday, May 23, announced that foreign students will not be allowed to bring their families who can either be their spouses, children and parents to the country.
UK’s home secretary, Suella Braverman said the restrictions will take place from January 2024 as she said the ban is only for foreign undergraduate and postgraduate students on non-research courses.
The UK government had given their reasons for this new restriction policy.
The main reason for this ban is because, British prime minister, Rishi Sunak, has been interested in cutting down the rate of immigration and he sees this policy as one that will go a long way in helping to achieve that.
According to him, it will help to revive the British economy.
Another reason is that the UK’s Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), has said that Nigeria together with India and China has the highest number of students studying in the country which means a large number of non-EU members are migrating heavily into the country which Sunak’s government concluded it should be controlled.
Also the UK government is looking to cut the number of immigrants taking key sectors of its economy.
Home secretary, Suella Braverman, had earler called for lower immigration and suggested more British citizens should be groomed to do jobs commonly done by overseas workers.
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