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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Will Durrant

Conservative bid to prevent student visa ‘abuse’ on hold after Lords debate

Home Office (Steve Parsons/PA) - (PA Wire)

Conservative bids to block asylum routes have been put on hold, after a minister complained they would put the Government at odds with its international obligations.

Baroness Lawlor suggested foreign students who go to university and then “abuse” their visa to seek asylum should have their claim struck down.

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