Part of Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - Committee (5th Day) – in the House of Lords at 5:45 pm on 8 September 2025.
Lord Jackson of Peterborough:
Moved by Lord Jackson of Peterborough
141: After Clause 41, insert the following new Clause—“Collection of data on overseas students subject to visa conditions and immigration rules(1) The Secretary of State must collate and publish—(a) the number of overseas students who have had their student visas revoked as a result of the commission of criminal offences,(b) the number of overseas students who have been deported following the revocation of their student visas, and(c) the number of overseas students detained pending deportation following the revocation of their student visas.(2) Data published under subsection (1) must be broken down by nationality.(3) For the purposes of this section—“overseas students” means any person who is not a British citizen who has been granted leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom for the purposes of partaking in an educational course;“student visa” has the same meaning as in the Immigration Rules.”
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