U.K. Reviews Immigrant Numbers as Student Exits Raise Questions
- Ministers have been divided on including students in figures
- New findings show far more students leave than thought
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The U.K. will review the way it calculates the number of immigrants in the country after finding that more international students leave after finishing their courses than was previously thought.
The question of whether students should be included in migration numbers has been a long-running row for the Conservative government, with some prioritizing a pledge to cut net migration to 100,000 a year and others valuing the economic and academic contribution that foreigners make to British universities. Immigration is a key issue in the Brexit debate.