New polling, commissioned from Public First by Universities UK, has revealed that the UK public doesn’t see reducing legal migration as a priority compared to other pressing issues, and are not in favour of cutting the number of international students.
When asked, the vast majority of respondents (64%) believed the UK should host the same or more international students and only 9% of overall respondents thought that students and researchers should discouraged from coming to the UK.
The public also strongly supported the contribution international students make to the UK. The majority (62%) recognised that international students gave more to the economy than they took out, and 43% thought that British diplomacy benefits from hosting international students who leave with positive impressions of the UK after studying here, with only 11% disagreeing.
