Visa fraud and students
The recent decision by several UK universities to restrict recruitment from Pakistan and Bangladesh is a policy born of legitimate concern, but executed with a punishing lack of precision. The move is reportedly in response to UK government concerns over increasing visa fraud and questionable asylum claims by Pakistanis and Bangladeshis.
In a nutshell, the British government is refusing an increasingly larger number of student visa applications from Pakistan - about 18%. Because visa applications occur........





















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