Students and academics have reacted furiously after the Conservative Party pledged to make it even more difficult for international students to attend UK universities.

The party announced in its manifesto on Thursday that it will introduce “tougher” visa rules for overseas students if elected into power, while also creating higher requirements for those who want to work in Britain after graduating.

Despite prolonged calls from activists, international students will also continue to be included in the government’s net migration figures.

Vowing to reduce net migration to the “tens of thousands”, the Tory manifesto claims the party will “continue to bear down on immigration from outside the European Union”.

“We will toughen the visa requirement for students, to make sure that we maintain high standards,” it reads.

“We will expect students to leave the country at the end of their course, unless they meet new, higher requirements that allow them to work in Britain after their studies have concluded.”
The document continues: “Overseas students will remain in the immigration statistics - in line with international definitions - and within scope of the government’s policy to reduce annual net migration.”

The news has led to an outpouring of outrage from students and lecturers.

“During the seven years I’ve lived, studied and worked in this country, I’ve heard them whisper: ‘We don’t want you here’,” one international student wrote on Twitter.

“Now they’re shouting it.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/conservative-party-international-students-britain_uk_591d8375e4b094cdba516e2d?

Wow

That's is sounding like President Trump. Too harsh

They are now more trump after threatening to bar trump from entering UK

Who wan go their school sef ?

I find this news very funny.

UK schools get most of their revenue from tuition paid by international students as they are charged twice the amount paid by home students.

If the Conservative Party goes ahead with this draconian plan, how will the schools continue to maintain themselves? Or will they provide enough funds or grants that the school can use without looking outwards?

The Conservative Party have always been anti-immigration. So I'm not surprised.

hakeem4:
Who wan go their school sef ?

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Bleep the uk. thank God I'm making plans to go study in the US

I find it baffling why people still go to the U.K for studies....a country where you're not wanted, and will be kicked out immediately after graduating is to say the least, disconcerting.....I'll take the German machines, or Canada or USA in that order....Norway, Australia are also powerful options! I can only visit the U.K. But to study?? No way!