Up to 50,000 migrants 'exploited student visa flaw to work in UK'
published by lollywood on 27 March, 2012 - 18:37
Up to 50,000 migrants may have exploited flaws in a new student visa system in its first year to come and work in the UK, a report by Whitehall's spending watchdog says
Under a system introduced in 2009, each student must be sponsored by a licensed college and cannot change institution without gaining permission.
But "key controls" had not been put in place, the National Audit Office found.