By Enyichukwu Enemanna
There are indications that the United Kingdom will roll out new restrictions that will stop Nigerian students and other nationals in the country from bringing their family members over.
This crack down will be annocued this week, an exclusive report by The Sun UK says.
The restriction will place a ban on all masters degree students and many other postgraduate students from bringing family over.
According to The Sun UK, PhD students whose courses usually last between 3 and 5 years and are very highly skilled, will be exempted from this policy.
This follows the reports that net migration into the UK has increased to 1 million with Tory MPs asking the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, “to get a grip on the rocketing numbers.”
To get a hold of the climbing numbers, UK ministers are said to be expected to announce the immigration clampdown on Tuesday or Wednesday.
The Sun reports that “Rishi Sunak is expected to come out fighting on immigration – pointing out they are figures he inherited as they date back to the year ending December 2022 – two months after he became PM.
“There has been an explosion in the number of people coming to Britain, piggybacking on their relative’s student visa.
“Students brought 135,788 family members to Britain last year – nine times more than in 2019.
“Last year, 59,053 Nigerian students brought over 60,923 relatives.”
“We have got to get a grip,” a Tory MP told The Sun on Sunday.
