Global Immigration Crackdown Ensnares Students Abroad
- UK, Netherlands, Canada and Australia tighten student access
- Critics say curbs are more about politics than education
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International students — long the golden goose for universities and colleges in advanced economies — face an increasingly uncertain future as governments seek easy targets to rein in surging immigration.
In the UK, one of the world’s biggest destinations for foreign students, the Labour party while in opposition vowed to retain a ban on international students bringing dependents to Britain — the largest source of migration since 2019. In the Netherlands, the government has proposed restricting foreign students’ access to Dutch universities.
