Member

Although it is not in my amendment, I would like the Minister and the Home Office to look into this. When the visa expires, the student goes home or is deported for breaking the law, but what happens to them as they try to extend their visa? I know that, in the case of this family, they are making asylum claims. I understand that, in the latest year, 14,000 people who originally came on a student visa claimed asylum—they account for 14,000 of the 111,000 claims, though it was higher in 2023. If we could know how the Home Office deals with these numbers, it would be excellent, and also how the costs stack up against the benefits of having overseas students.