The paper set targets to increase the value of education exports to £35 billion per year, and the number of international students hosted in the UK to at least 600,000 per year by 2030. [...] UK PAGE 6 BRIEFING: Student migration to the UK In response to the rising number of dependants, the government announced in May 2023 that it would restrict the right of master’s students to bring their partners or children. [...] UK PAGE 8 BRIEFING: Student migration to the UK Figure 5 In 2021/22, the top countries of origin for international students in the UK were China (26%), India (23%), and Nigeria (9%) Most international students in the UK come from outside the EU – 92% in the 2021/22 academic year, compared to 73% five years before. [...] UK PAGE 11 BRIEFING: Student migration to the UK Table 2 The UK recovered its position as the second most popular destination in the world for international students in 2021 The UK was the second most popular destination worldwide for international students in 2021, behind the United States. [...] UK PAGE 19 BRIEFING: Student migration to the UK The Migration Observatory Based at the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) at the University of Oxford, the Migration Observatory provides independent, authoritative, evidence-based analysis of data on migration and migrants in the UK, to inform media, public and policy debates, and to generate high qual.
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