JCWI asks: Bogus’ Colleges – what about their Genuine Students?
20 November 2011
Finally one of the main migrant groups are taking up the cases of thousands of Tier 4 students who have been left stranded like refugees in a war zone during the UK Border Agency’s relentless student visa crackdown on private colleges.
Employment restrictions for Bulgarians and Romanians extended until end of 2013
23 Nov 2011
UK work restrictions on Bulgarian and Romanian nationals will be extended until the end of 2013, Immigration Minister Damian Green announced today. Romanian and Bulgarian (EU2) nationals seeking to work in the UK will still need permission from the UK Border Agency before they can work in the UK…e.g. Work Permit or Yellow Card.
Raising the amount husbands must earn to £26,000 would disqualify two thirds of immigrant brides, according to government watchdog MAC
17 Nov 2011
Proposed new rules could block thousands of foreign partners from coming to the UK. As many as 40,000 foreign wives, husbands and partners were granted visas to join their family in the UK last year, but new minimum salary proposals would mean that two thirds of foreign wives could be banned from the UK under plans to stop immigrants becoming ‘a burden on the state’.
Tackle visa abuse, but not at the cost of genuine students say Universities UK
11 Nov 2011
In a blog for the Guardian this week, Nicola Dandridge of Universities UK warns that tough talk on immigration will frighten away the talent our colleges need. The government’s recent measures to clamp down on net migration, and limit the right of genuine students and staff to come into the country to study and work in universities, is playing badly internationally. UK universities are losing top students and staff to other countries whose governments are more welcoming. Students from the Indian subcontinent in particular are choosing to go to other competitor countries, with some UK universities reporting drops of 30% or more.
Student visa crackdown damaging our reputation abroad, Universities UK warns
10 Nov 2011
As the Home Office reveals 11,000 drop in the number of overseas students since tougher measures introduced, UK Universities warns that not only is the government’s action damaging Britain’s reputation, but was also responsible for 400 private colleges effectively opting out of the new Tier 4 sponsoring system.
English UK seeks apology from Home Office over ‘bogus colleges’ claim
09 Nov 2011
English UK, the association for 450 language colleges, seeks apology saying remark implied institutions were fronts for illegal immigration.
The Home Office has been threatened with legal action amid claims it mistakenly implied that 22 colleges were bogus or sub-standard.
Restrictions on Romanian workers in the UK labour market are ‘discriminatory’, says Keith Vaz MP
22 Oct 2011
On 22 October 2011 at the London Embassy of Romania, the fourth annual Conference of Romanian Students, Professors and Researchers living in the UK, was held. Speaking at the meeting Mr Keith Vaz MP underlined that restrictions imposed on Romanian workers in the British labour market are discriminatory.