United Kingdom Home Secretary Theresa May has said that foreign students in the country are to be banned from working in Britain because when their courses finish, they will have to leave the country before reapplying to return for a job.
The new rules will apply to foreign students from outside the European Union to curb colleges being used as a back door to a British work visa.
UK government estimates that the number of foreign students coming to the UK will rise by more than 6 per cent a year up to 2020.
May has already banned 870 bogus colleges from taking foreign students.
According to Daily Mail UK, Seamus Nevin, the head of employment and skills at the Institute of Directors, said: “The Home Secretary’s proposals to eject foreign students after graduation are misguided and would damage the British education system, our economy and global influence.
“Britain already makes it difficult and artificially expensive for international students to enter and stay, and now these proposals would eject them ignominiously when their studies are finished.
“Restricting talented workers from staying on in the UK would damage business and lead to a loss of important skills. Shutting the door to highly-trained international graduates at a time when our economy needs them most would be hugely damaging for UK businesses.
“In the interest of our education sector, our businesses, and our international standing, the Home Secretary should reconsider this proposal.”
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