More than 150 students lost their leave to study in the UK after a university's licence to sponsor non-EU students was revoked, the BBC has learned.
The Home Office says it wrote to 1,604 students, asking their plans, after London Metropolitan University lost its right to authorise visas last year. The figures were contained in a Home Office response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request from the BBC.
The university has since had its licence reinstated. The figures show that of the 1,604 international students originally contacted by the Home Office, 153 were advised to leave the UK or apply for another immigration category. More...
02 décembre 2013