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Report finds tens of thousands of bogus students issued Tier 4 visas

In a new study released this week by the UK National Audit Office it was found that up to 50,000 bogus students may have been improperly issued UK Tier 4 visas. These student admissions took place after the new points-based visa system was introduced in 2008.

The report estimates that the UK Border Agency let in between 40,000 to 50,000 bogus students to the UK. The National Audit Office estimates many of these Tier 4 visas went to individuals whose main intention was to work in the UK, not to study.

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Seven million foreigners living in Britain as immigration rises by a fifth

There was a 21 per cent increase in the net flow of migrants to the UK while the number of those leaving hit a six-year low.
Residents born overseas account for one in eight people after hitting 7,040,000 last year, according to the Office for National Statistics.
Some 239,000 more people moved here during 2010 than left, the fourth highest level on record, and a record one in four births were to foreign-born mothers.

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