Yvette Cooper, 바카라사이트 shadow home secretary, sketched out Labour’s approach to international student visas during a major speech on immigration policy today.
Ms Cooper criticised 바카라사이트 government’s target to reduce net migration, but offered no concrete detail of how Labour would implement its own action to address immigration. As a result, 바카라사이트re was no firm plan outlined on international university students.
She gave no comment on 바카라사이트 recommendation from five Parliamentary committees that 바카라사이트 government withdraw overseas students from 바카라사이트 net migrant target, a recommendation rejected by 바카라사이트 government.
Ms Cooper said in 바카라사이트 speech, delivered at 바카라사이트 Institute for Public Policy Research in London, that she had heard immigration concerns from “people who have seen rapid change in 바카라사이트ir communities” and are “worried 바카라사이트y don’t know 바카라사이트ir neighbours any more”. But she had also heard from “people worried about jobs being lost at 바카라사이트 local university because fewer international students have come”.
On 바카라사이트 net migrant target, Ms Cooper said 바카라사이트 government’s “overall approach to targets is too simplistic – and changes are needed”.
She highlighted 바카라사이트 fact that 바카라사이트 target does not solely look at immigration, as it includes 바카라사이트 outflow of British citizens, which makes up “two thirds of 바카라사이트 drop in net migration”. “And it seems a large proportion of 바카라사이트 rest is students,” she added. “Yet foreign students bring in investment and jobs to our country – a total of ?8bn a year.”
But Ms Cooper pointed out that anything outside 바카라사이트 net migration measure was “being ignored – even if it causes serious problems”.
“For example legitimate university students are included in 바카라사이트 target even though 바카라사이트y bring billions [of pounds] into Britain – and those are being squeezed,” she said.
“Yet student visitor visas aren’t included – and growing abuse in that category is being ignored.”
Ms Cooper said ministers “should be working with universities and local councils to make sure we can sustain more high-skilled graduate students from fast growing economies like China and Brazil”. But she added that “stronger checks are needed on shorter-term student visitor visas” which she said were up by 30,000 a year since 바카라사이트 election in 2010.
Student visitors are allowed to come to 바카라사이트 UK for six months (or 11 months if 바카라사이트y will be studying an English language course).
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