Cameron's student visa policy is a disastrous own goal

By Timothy Garton Ash. The prime minister's careless immigration pledge is putting off some of our brightest visitors – and damaging Britain. Stupid. Incoherent. Short-sighted. Cack-handed. Intrusive. Counter-productive. One thesaurus is not enough to describe the folly of the British government's policy towards foreign students. Working in a British university, I see its dire effects every day. Kafkaesque, intrusive bureaucracy. More...