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2010-02-08 Britain

Britain Plans to Cut Flow of Foreign Students

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Posted by tipper 2010-02-08 06:03|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top

#1 we need to be as strict as USA and Australia going forward.No more benefit seekers/wannabe terrorist as we have plenty already in the Pakistan/Somalian communities!

Posted by Paul2 2010-02-08 07:45|| 2010-02-08 07:45|| Front Page Top

#2 Paul2, I am not entirely sure that strict would be the word I'd use in the US context. Don't know much about Oz.

Canada, after the multiculti binge lasting for some 30 years is starting to close the wide open gates.

Posted by twobyfour 2010-02-08 07:57|| 2010-02-08 07:57|| Front Page Top

#3 "The new rules will apply to all applicants from outside the European Union...", which means it is utterly toothless.

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-02-08 08:43|| 2010-02-08 08:43|| Front Page Top

#4 I'm afraid that the words horse and barn door keep flashing in my head.

Posted by AlanC 2010-02-08 11:12|| 2010-02-08 11:12|| Front Page Top

#5 Paul2, I am not entirely sure that strict would be the word I'd use in the US context. Don't know much about Oz.

In order for a foreigner to immigrate Australia without a job offer, you have to amass so many "points", which are accumulated based on your age, your command of English, and the type of skills you have.

I, a native speaker of English in my late 30s with a PhD in physics, did not have enough points to get in. (But I had a job offer and wasn't intending to stay, so that didn't apply.)

Posted by Angie Schultz 2010-02-08 16:28|| 2010-02-08 16:28|| Front Page Top

#6 Better late than never. The West should have done more to build universities in the Middle East and Africa (that taught more than religious studies), which would promote education in those areas far better than bringing a handful of students to the west to learn.

Posted by rjschwarz 2010-02-08 18:02|| 2010-02-08 18:02|| Front Page Top

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