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Anonymous asked in Politics & GovernmentImmigration · 1 decade ago

Are you aware that most Pakistani and African "student visas" are immigration scams ?

Update:

Also this problem remains ignored , most false "students" never return to Pakistan /India/ Africa etc.

Update 2:

Kim Howells, a Foreign Office minister, said the number of visas across the five countries had soared from 17,723 in the year 2000 to just over 40,000 in 2004/05.

Nigeria showed one of the largest rises, from 1,516 in 2000 to 8,045 in 2004/05. Student visa numbers for Pakistan rose from 2,421 to 10,859. In India, the figure last year was 15,283, up from 4,790.

Update 3:

Yes it is now 2009 but no tighter regulation is working to prevent this insult to the real British

Update 4:

Sweet Lil, BBC Parliament comment April 2009 indicated that most visas used as immigration scams are from Pakistan / Africa but yes there are others. The question is fair and in the interests of real British taxpayers

Update 5:

In other words the government know the problem but nothing is being done, but what's new?

Update 6:

BBC TV 22.40 Thursday April 9th

9000 (Nine thousand) Pakistani "students" arrive in the UK EVERY year. The fear is that many terrorist "sleepers" are amongst them.

Now what is "wrong"with this public service question?

Update 7:

Pakistanis with "clean" records , "clean " records bought often by bribes in Pakistan come to our country as terrorist sleepers . The Pakistanis recently arrested were "students" and the plot was a car bomb. We have gone mad

Update 8:

Hushyanoize Pakistan is a very corrupt country the 140th most corrupt out of 170 countries.The suspicion is that Pakistani "qualifications" are gained by bribes so are worthless, but they will check out

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    Mike, this isnt really a question!

    It is true there are a lot of scams going on, but they arent limited to the South Asian or Africa Visas... There were a lot of Eastern European's who scammed the country when their home states joined the EU. They decended on mass and all claimed child benefit!

    I dont understand why you felt the need to post this...

    Not only am i a tax payer, I actively try and stop people screwing with my country through my job...

    I just wanted to make the point it isnt limited to those ethnicities. People scam from all over the world... Thing is, you know about what the South Asians and Africans are trying on... you dont know about what happens, and the scams other nationalities do.

    I still dont know why you wanted to post this - you arent even asking for solutions. Incidentally - if you find one.. let me know!

  • 1 decade ago

    Yes we're aware of it, and so are the government, they just don't care. They see it as "More people equals more tax." More tax means more for them to cream off.

    Often these immigrants aren't even registered at a legitimate college or university. They simply pay a fee to one of the dozens of fake educational institutions that will tell the authorities what they want to hear.

    Since it became harder to claim asylum in the UK, this has been the preferred route for people who have no legitimate reason to be here.

    The government "claim" to be cracking down on it, but all the immigrants need to do is lose their passport, and they're let go. Never to be seen again.

  • 1 decade ago

    Yes this has been known for years, a "student visa" is seen as an easy way to gain entry in to this country and the majority of the "students" simply disappear once they arrive

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    It doesn't take much to pull the wool over this government's eyes. They lost control of immigration 10 years ago. Osama Bin laden probably lives in Downing street.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    WE are all aware of it, its just the thieving traitorous labour party who are blind, deaf, dumb, and stupid. They are so busy stealing public money and bowing to Islam and the EU, that they have no idea that the British people are still here. When new labour are eventually thrown out of power, i think we should freeze all their individual bank accounts and assets, and put the lot of them on trial for war crimes treason, theft, and Embezzlement. What a foul mess they are leaving our old country in......The traitorous b@stards. We all owe it to dear old Britain to bury the labour party for ever, and ban labour party MPs from ever taking public office again.

  • 1 decade ago

    The overseas students if they get accepted at a university in the UK are paying far higher fees so I cannot see how this is a problem. They are subsidising UK students for their first degrees, and the UK is still pretty greedy to invite foreign students to do this. If you want to put a limit on foreign students then they will go to the US, Australia and Canada and it will be our loss.

  • 1 decade ago

    throw the heathens out when the visas expire. track 'em, process them, and throw them the hell out.

    how come nobody wants to study in Pakistan?

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    yes the majority of pakistan muslims who come here are terrorists

    heres some proof for you that islam is trying to take over britain

    videos on youtube see for yourself

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovEYffjvsBY remember this guy is part of labour goverment in uk he has gained power from appeasment and this is what he predicts for uk future !!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEbC6ARKv6c

    a judge of sharia law who lives in uk predicts how islam will take over britain

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M7kY4v6GNE an old chap who loves uk says whats going on in uk today

    also geert wilders was bannd from uk for wanting to promote his film on what islam is all about...lord ahmed a muslim mp threating our goverment that if geert wilders was allowed in uk he would send 10,000 muslims to parliments gate to stop wilders.......yet again labour goverment appeasing muslims !!!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5YgxWn3lYA

    i could go on there is loads of proof what is going on and i just wish the british people would wake up and relize whats happening !!!

    Source(s): BNP voter vote bnp for a better uk let your voice be heard :D
  • 1 decade ago

    I find that to be an interesting fallout from the British colonial period.

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