Top Immigration Adviser Backs Student Visa Curbs

Top Immigration Adviser Backs Student Visa Curbs
A graduation ceremony at the University of Suffolk's campus in Ipswich, England, in October 2015. PA
Alexander Zhang
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A top government adviser has expressed support for plans to scale back the right of foreign students to stay in the UK after graduation.

Professor Brian Bell, chairman of the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), told The Sunday Telegraph that the independent body thought it “unnecessary” for foreign students to be permitted to work in Britain for two years after completing their master’s degree.