Green: Shut down 'bogus colleges'

Monday, 6 September 2010 12:00 AM

Green: Shut down 'bogus colleges'

Damian Green, the immigration minister, outlines the government's plans to limit immigration of students to the UK:

"Immigration must be properly controlled so that people have confidence in the system, our communities are stable and our public services protected.

"It is important to make sure that genuine students are protected from exploitation by bogus colleges in the UK. The UK Border Agency are shutting down bogus colleges and targeting the criminals who exploit those desperate to come to the UK.

"I want to protect those who are playing by the rules from those who are not. While the coalition government has made clear our intention to reduce net migration to the UK from the hundreds of thousands to tens of thousands each year, Britain will continue to welcome the talented, the skilled and the entrepreneurial as we have always done."

Speaking on the Today programme, he added: "I don't want to interfere with the success stories of our universities."

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