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Higher Education: Migrant Students

Volume 715: debated on Tuesday 8 December 2009

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Asked by

Baroness Neville-Jones

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many organisations the UK Border Agency has approved to sponsor migrant students. [HL367]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office
(Lord West of Spithead)

As at 2 December 2009, the UK Border Agency had approved 1,925 organisations to sponsor migrant students under tier 4 of the points-based immigration system.