contribution and education is in terms of the economy? it is hugely im ortant terms of the economy? it is hugely important and terms of the economy? it is hugely important and this terms of the economy? it is hugely important and this is terms of the economy? it is hugely important and this is something i l important and this is something i think important and this is something i think we important and this is something i think we need to appreciate, students think we need to appreciate, students come here to study, and they also students come here to study, and they also leave, so that is part of, they also leave, so that is part of, they in they also leave, so that is part of, they in the they also leave, so that is part of, they in the net migration number, we have seen they in the net migration number, we have seen higher education is one of the most have seen higher education is one of the most important export, it is critical the most important export, it is cr
since the war broke out. hong kong as well, we heard a lot of talk this week about student numbers, the government plans to limit the number of dependents that certain students, international students, are able to bring with them. why did we come here to this corner of norfolk? if you go back to the brexit vote in 2016, more than 70% of people here who voted in the referendum voted for brexit and when you speak to people around here, the whole question of migration is a very live one. there is talk of the three ps that bring in migrants, people in packing, picking and plucking, so a lot of agricultural workers drawn here. they work on the fields and in the factories. and speaking to people here, you get the range if you want in terms of what people think about the question of migration and i have been speaking
home to be more employable either back home or to be more employable either back home or abroad so that is what is driving home or abroad so that is what is driving that home or abroad so that is what is driving that increase in student numbers driving that increase in student numbers. ., ., «a, the battle for control of bakhmut has been the longest and bloodiest of the ukraine war, leaving most of the city razed to the ground. and today, the head of russia s wagner mercenary group yevgeny prigozhin said its forces have begun withdrawing from the city, transferring control to the russian army. in the last hour or so ukraine has confirmed that the russian army has indeed taken over on the outskirts of the city. but kyiv says the mercenaries remain in the city centre. and we should add that ukraine says it still has pockets of resistance there. wagner mercenaries have led the fighting in bakhmut for the russian side, with mr prigozhin last week saying 20,000 of his fighters
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that s unlikely this side of a general election, at least, but the pressure would certainly go up for more government money or more money via students as fees if they lost the income from international students,. and it s perhaps worth asking whether students should be considered immigrants at all, given they are doing time limited courses. there s some evidence that this is what many people think. when the think tank british future asked people in 2014 what they considered to be migrants , a high proportion said that this applied to unskilled labourers, refugees, eu citizens looking for work and also dependents. yet international students? only 22% said they thought this group were migrants. that said, the increasing number of dependents could change attitudes. and, while history suggests most overseas students will leave the uk after their courses finish, we can t be certain about what proportion so the long term implications of these student numbers for annual net migration is in