Britons want cap on foreign students

Published on 17/09/2012 00:00

More than two-thirds of Britons want to see a limit imposed on the number of foreign students coming to the country, a survey found today.

Study is the most common reason for people coming to the UK for more than a year. Seven in ten people would like to see a cap imposed, the poll of almost 3,000 adults, for campaign group Migration Watch UK, showed.

Britons also backed tough enforcement action over immigration offences, with most saying that bogus students with insufficient English skills, those working instead of studying, and those who have overstayed their visas should all be deported.