{"id":221375,"date":"2022-10-12T04:13:26","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T03:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=221375"},"modified":"2022-10-12T04:13:26","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T03:13:26","slug":"uk-considers-tougher-visa-rules-for-nigerian-students-over-high-influx-of-family-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/10\/12\/uk-considers-tougher-visa-rules-for-nigerian-students-over-high-influx-of-family-members\/","title":{"rendered":"UK considers tougher visa rules for Nigerian students over high influx of family members"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The British government considers tougher visa rules for Nigerian students over high influx of family members into the country.<\/p>\n<p>According to The Times, the UK Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, said the government was considering tightening the rules on dependants as migrants from Nigeria bring the most relatives to the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>Braverman stated this after Home Office immigration figures showed an inconsistency across different nationalities coming to the UK to work and study.<\/p>\n<p>Analysis from the Home Office report shows that Nigerians accounted for 40% of all dependants who accompanied foreign students in the 12 months to June 2022- despite Nigerian students making up just 7% of all foreign students in that period.<\/p>\n<p>34,000 Nigerians were given study visas in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/10\/11\/nigerian-doctors-recruited-to-work-in-uk-hospitals-lament-exploitation-and-slave-labour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UK<\/a>, bringing with them a total of 31,898 dependants. A similar ratio was recorded for work visas, with 8,972 Nigerians issued with one in the 12 months to June bringing with them 8,576 dependants.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-221377 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/10\/kunlenet07\/2022\/10\/12\/Nigerian-Students-and-dependants-.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/10\/kunlenet07\/2022\/10\/12\/Nigerian-Students-and-dependants-.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/10\/kunlenet07\/2022\/10\/12\/Nigerian-Students-and-dependants--300x182.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/10\/kunlenet07\/2022\/10\/12\/Nigerian-Students-and-dependants--1024x622.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/10\/kunlenet07\/2022\/10\/12\/Nigerian-Students-and-dependants--768x467.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By comparison, the figures show that 93,049 Indian students who came to the UK last year brought with them 24,916 dependants, while 114,837 Chinese students came to Britain with 401 dependants.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were 117,965 grants to Indian nationals in the year ending June 2022, an increase of 80,569 (+215%) compared to 2019. Chinese nationals were the second most common nationality granted Sponsored study visas in the year ending June 2022, with 115,056 visas granted, 4% lower than the number seen in 2019 (119,825).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the other top 5 nationalities, Nigerian nationals saw the largest relative increase in Sponsored Study grants compared with 2019, increasing by 57,545 (+686%) to a record high of 65,929, making them the third largest nationality group in the latest year,\u201d Home office said.<\/p>\n<p>In a chat, a Home Office told Daily Mail: \u201cThis is the highest on record in our time series, with the substantial increase representing both a recovery from lower numbers during the Covid-19 pandemic but also an increase on the pre-pandemic period.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of Nigerians reportedly leave the country every week in search of better living conditions. This is widely termed \u2018Japa\u2019 \u2013 A Yoruba word meaning \u201cto run, flee, or escape.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The British government considers tougher visa rules for Nigerian students over high influx of family members into the country. According to The Times, the UK Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, said the government was considering tightening the rules on dependants as migrants from Nigeria bring the most relatives to the United Kingdom. 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