An anonymous insider has spilled the secrets of a murky industry accused of 'selling immigration'.
From January, the Government will ban foreign undergraduate students in the UK from bringing relatives with them under laws announced by Suella Braverman earlier this year.
This deadline has led to a massive influx of foreign students rushing to enter Britain - along with their families.
MailOnline spoke to an international recruitment expert based at a top education provider who lifted the lid on the practice she called a 'dark art'.
She said: 'Our numbers have gone up quite substantially [since the deadline was announced].
'There are lots of deals that are done because there is so much money in it.'
Universities are said to spend £500million on the education agents industry in a bid to get foreign students onto their courses.
This is largely because people from abroad usually pay at least double the university fees of British students.
Overall, foreign students bring a whopping £41.9billion to British universities every year, with £4.3billion from EU students and £37.6billion from non-EU students.
