Christina Rees Shadow Minister (Justice):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Government’s policy is on (a) reducing the level of migration to the UK and (b) caps related to international student recruitment.
Robert Goodwill The Minister for Immigration:
The Government is committed to bringing down net migration to sustainable levels.
There is no limit to the number of genuine international students who can come to study in the United Kingdom. There are no plans to change this.
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Christina Rees Shadow Minister (Justice):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of Question 58064, on overseas students, what definition her Department uses to define (a) top universities and (b) best students.
Robert Goodwill The Minister for Immigration:
The immigration rules for study migration currently differentiate by types of institution. We will be shortly consulting on how we could differentiate further to support the sector.