BBC: The rules for student visas into the UK are to be much tougher - after fears that this route of entry is being used dishonestly.
Home Secretary Theresa May said student visas were being abused and "too many were here to work and not to study".
She announced plans to cut the number of student visas by up to 80,000 - about a quarter of the current numbers.
Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper warned that rules must not damage an industry worth £5bn a year.
Mrs May told the House of Commons that the misuse of student visas had become a "symbol of a broken and abused immigration system". » | Tuesday, March 22, 2011
