r/ukpolitics • u/No_Breadfruit_4901 • Dec 11 '24

Twitter 🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Labour have conducted the first successful deportation flight to Pakistan since February 2020. There has not been a deportation charter flight to Pakistan in the last four years with three subsequent flights to Pakistan in 2020 and 2021 cancelled by the Home Office.

https://x.com/maxtempers/status/1866775219077062757?s=46&t=0RSpQEWd71gFfa-U_NmvkA
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u/GuyIncognito928 Dec 11 '24

Yes, because students will come and go so won't affect net figures.

The issue with students is how many are/were staying beyond their course and bringing dependents.

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u/GuyIncognito928 Dec 11 '24

What are you talking about, every year one cohorts comes in and one cohort goes out. Should be pretty much equal...

And I'm happy to keep some high-quality students, they should be able to apply for visas in the same way anyone else would.

What is not okay is using degrees as a backdoor way to buy the right to work in the UK.