![]() He says the offer is "very attractive" because it allows international students to work in the UK for two years after graduation. That has been responsible for a surge in applications." He cites more figures showing that 17% of people are still in the country five years after entering on a work visa, and less than 10% a decade later, showing that people do leave.īut, he explains: "The difference is the new graduate route, which was introduced in 2021. Sky News data and forensics correspondent Tom Cheshire says that 361,000 student visas were granted last year, and overall, 98% of people here on visas leave when they're supposed to according to their visa conditions. She cites figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showing that in 2018/19, a total of only 35% of applicants for visas to stay in the UK were successful. "I think most people do go back," says Sky News political correspondent Ali Fortescue. James in Surrey has asked about the impact of international students on immigration figures. He says: "Flattening (of net migration) is one thing - we do focus on this one big number so much in a way that other countries don't." Sky News data and forensics correspondent Tom Cheshire gives his final thought. "There are a few ifs - if some of the government's plans on illegal migration work, if the post-pandemic student boom softens, if we see the number of people coming from Ukraine and Afghanistan - yes we could see migration figures falling by the next election especially if it is pushed back to winter next year, which is something that could happen." She says it depends when the election is called. Sky News political correspondent Ali Fortescue, is asked about what impact an election could have on policy. when you talk to people around here they want to see the government put its money where its mouth is." "But I think when the government says it is their commitment to stop small boats stopping the channel and it is their commitment to control our borders. ![]() ![]() "I think people do promise that - they say this is just a peak because we've got Ukrainians coming in, we've got people from Hong Kong. Out of control might be a better three-word slogan for the current state of affairs that puts huge pressure on the Conservative government that now owns this mess.īecause it's easy to make the promise but fiendishly hard to keep it.Ĭommunities correspondent Lisa Holland, who has been speaking to people in Coventry today, is asked if there an expectation from people that net migration figures will come down? Instead, seven years after the UK voted to leave the European Union, net migration has hit a record high of 606,000 in the year to December 2022, while illegal migration has quadrupled from just over 13,000 in 2018 to more than 52,000 last year. David Cameron and Theresa May promised to cut net migration to the "tens-of-thousands" while Boris Johnson promised in 2019 to reduce the net migration from the-then 226,000 a year. He wasn't the only one to promise to drive migration down. Back in 2016, in the run-up to the EU referendum and as Leave campaigners promised to "take back control" of our borders, chief Brexit cheerleader Nigel Farage promised the British people that leaving the European Union would allow the UK to cut net migration to below 50,000, writes Sky News political editor Beth Rigby. ![]()
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