How will the general election result impact you as a student thinking of studying in the UK? We’ll know soon enough but in the meantime here are the immigration policies of the three main British parties, with respect to international students.
Labour
- New electronic border controls will be counting people in and out by the end of the year.
- The English test for migrants will be “made harder” and will be a requirement to come to the UK.
- Break the automatic link between staying here for a set period and being able to settle or gain citizenship. In future, staying will be dependent on the points based system.
Liberal Democrats
- Immediately reintroduce exit checks at all ports and airports.
- Secure Britain’s borders by giving a National Border Force police powers.
Conservatives
- Believe that immigration today is too high and needs to be reduced. Steps will be taken to reduce net migration to “tens of thousands a year, not hundreds of thousands”.
- Student visa system will be tightened up to clamp down on abuse:
- Make it easier for reputable institutions to accept applications
- Extra scrutiny on new institutions and institutions not registered with Companies House
- Insist foreign students at new or unregistered institutions pay a bond in order to study in this country, to be repaid after the student has left the country at the end of their studies
- Ensure foreign students can prove that they have the financial means to support themselves in the UK
- Require that students must usually leave the country and reapply if they want to switch to another course or apply for a work permit.
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