UK Government To Restrict Nigerian Students From Bringing Family Members Over

•  The UK government is planning to restrict Nigerian students, and others from bring their family over. 

• Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is expected to announce these restrictions this week due. 

• This decision is set to reduce the level of net migration to the country 

Eko Hot Blog reports that the UK government is planning to impose restrictions that are likely to prevent Nigerian students and other international students from bringing their families over to the country.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is expected to announce these restrictions this week due to concerns over the high level of net migration into the UK, which has reached one million.

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Speaking in an interview with The Sun UK, a Tory member of Parliament said the restrictions will see all Masters’ students and many other Postgraduate students banned from bringing family over.

However, the lawmaker stated that the ban will not apply to Ph.D. students, whose courses usually last between 3 and 5 years and are very highly skilled.

The newspaper stated that Tory Members of Parliament had asked Prime Minister Sunak to get a grip on the net migration into the UK has reached 1 million.

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.

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“Last year, 59,053 Nigerian students brought over 60,923 relatives. We have got to get a grip.”

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