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Visas: Overseas Students

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainHome OfficeTabled Answered 19 June 2025UIN 59204

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people who entered the UK on student visas since 2015 have not left the UK within six months of their visa expiry.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

The latest data available on the ‘Source of asylum claims in 2024’ was published by the Home Office on 30th March 2025.

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