A prominent parliamentary group advocating for international students in the UK has called for the cohort to be taken out of net migration figures as talks continue on planned migration cuts.
The UK PM Rishi Sunak said on November 24, in response to the highest ever net migration figures, that the government will look at the issue of overseas students studying “low-quality degrees”, which has prompted an outcry from the sector.
The All-Party Parliamentary Group for International Students released a statement on November 25 saying international students should not be included in the net migration figures at all, due to their net benefit to the country.
“Nobody’s concerned about international students in the debate on net headline migration numbers,” said co-chair Paul Blomfield MP.
