More than 2,000 students could face deportation from Britain after the Government stripped a university’s right to admit and sponsor foreigners.
London Metropolitan University has had its Highly Trusted Status (HTS) for sponsoring international students revoked and will no longer be allowed to authorise visas, according to the institution's website.
The move could mean more than 2,000 students being deported within 60 days unless they can find another sponsor, according to the National Union of Students.

The university's HTS status was suspended last month while the UK Border Agency (UKBA) examined alleged failings.
A statement posted on the university's website tonight read: ‘The implications of the revocation are hugely significant and far-reaching, and the university has already started to deal with these.


‘Our absolute priority is to our students, both current and prospective, and the university will meet all its obligations to them.’
The NUS today contacted Prime Minister David Cameron and Home Secretary Theresa May to ‘express anger at the way that decisions have been made in recent weeks and to reiterate the potentially catastrophic effects on higher education as a £12.5 billion per year export industry for the UK’.
NUS president Liam Burns said: ‘It is disgusting that international students continue to be used as a political football by politicians who seem either incapable of understanding, or are simply uncaring about the impact of their decisions on individuals, universities and the UK economy

This decision will create panic and potential heartbreak for students not just at London Met but also all around the country.
‘Politicians need to realise that a continued attitude of suspicion towards international students could endanger the continuation of higher education as a successful export industry.
‘This heavy-handed decision makes no sense for students, no sense for institutions and no sense for the country.


This situation and the botched process by which the decision was arrived at could be avoided if international students were not included in statistics of permanent migrants.’
An NUS survey carried out earlier this year after changes to international student policies found that 40 per cent of foreign students would not recommend Britain as a study destination.
The advocacy group also said that in recent weeks they had heard from an increased amount of students who now feel unwelcome in the UK.

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