PRIME Minister David Cameron said on Thursday (November 14) that there was no limit on number of Indian students coming to the UK, but the country needed stricter immigration control.
The British PM’s visit to India followed the decision to scrap the controversial £3,000 visa bond scheme for “high risk” overseas visitors which had included people from India.
“I think people will understand that for a country like Britain, much smaller geographically than India, we have to control immigration. We had a policy on immigration. It wasn’t well managed, it wasn’t well controlled over a 10-year period … We had an additional 2 million people coming into Britain, which is a big number,” he said.
“Fact one, there is no limit on the number of Indian students that can come to Britain and study; fact two, having completed your university degree, there is no limit on the number of people who can do a job in Britain,” he said.
“We want to have the most attractive offers for students from around the world. I think the two new limits – the limit on numbers and the limit on staying on to work in a graduate job, make for a very good offer. University graduates should be aiming to work in graduate jobs. I think it is a fair approach,” he added.
Around 60,000 Indian students had gone to Britain for studies in 2009, but the number has gone down in recent years.
