Private college singled out by immigration minister hits back

By Chris Parr. LSBF says many of its students do have the right to work. A Home Office suggestion that about 300 international students at a private college have been working in contravention of their visas was based on a misunderstanding of their right to work, the institution has said. In a statement to the House of Commons on Tuesday, immigration minister James Brokenshire said that although overseas students at private colleges are not allowed to work, the London School of Business and Finance “has 290 foreign students who worked and paid tax last year”. More...