not coming fork the government come again and say they are dependents, i don t believe, our data, and one, one in five always comes with their dependent, the majority of the student here in the uk, doing their master programme, they are single. i don t see where they got that permission from, that nigerian students come here with dependents. this is what he said, the told the cabinet round 136,000 visas were granted to dependants an eight fold increase from 2019. under this announcement partners, children
seen the know that because we already have seen the home office issues, visa numbers seen the home office issues, visa numbers up, family visa, so those are already numbers up, family visa, so those are already indicated what we will land at. are already indicated what we will land at, and it could be that quarter, land at, and it could be that quarter, three quarters of a million figure quarter, three quarters of a million figure for quarter, three quarters of a million figure for net migration, so ahead of that, figure for net migration, so ahead of that, coming today, the governmentjust of that, coming today, the government just announced that one of the government just announced that one of the thing it will do to bring the numbers of the thing it will do to bring the numbers down is to clampdown on the ability numbers down is to clampdown on the ability of numbers down is to clampdown on the ability of those coming here for postgraduate study, so masters course,
dependants into britain from january 202a. it s part of a plan to bring down overall migration levels. current rules allow postgraduate students studying courses lasting nine months or longer to bring partners and children to britain. they also allow international students to switch out of the student route into work routes before their studies have been completed, and that will also be removed in the new policy. the government said the number of dependants had jumped eightfold since 2019 to 136,000 people in 2022. for the year ending june 2022, net migration reached an all time high of 504,000, and numbers could be even higher in some new numbers that will be published on thursday. live now tojonathan portes, professor of economics, king s college london. it s great to have you on the programme. especially because you have heavily studied the impact of migration in the uk, so what do you make of this announcement? could
diverse in the last decade, largely as a consequence of international migration. sometimes it doesn t i feel like i m in england sometimes because, like, there s all different - cultures everywhere. they re just human like us, just obviously a different colour. 680,000 foreign students studied in the uk last year. 315,000 of them did a masters at a british university and would be banned from bringing their dependents under government plans. we don t know exactly how many masters students dependents are in britain today, but they make up the vast majority of the 136,000 issued with dependent visas. in the university canteen in telford, there was disappointment at the idea of discouraging fee paying foreign students from coming to shropshire. when students are studying, they need their dependents near them. it s a support network. and where students are here and they ve got their support network, they re more likely to succeed. so i do feel it s incredibly important we offer those peopl
there s all different - cultures everywhere. they re just human like us, just obviously a different colour. 680,000 foreign students studied in the uk last year. 315,000 of them did a masters at a british university and would be banned from bringing their dependants under government plans. we don t know exactly how many masters students dependants are in britain today, but they make up the vast majority of the 136,000 issued with dependant visas. in the university canteen in telford, there was disappointment at the idea of discouraging fee paying foreign students from coming to shropshire. when students are studying, they need their dependants near them. it s a support network. and where students are here and they ve got their support network, they re more likely to succeed. so i do feel it s incredibly important we offer those people opportunities as well. there s another reason why today s announcement may not have the impact the home office says it seeks. most masters students and