Indian independence day saw Lord Bilimoria speak to the business focused broadsheet City AM about India – UK relations and the opportunities for further integration between India and the UK.
Lord Bilimoria today wrote the following letter to the leading financial newspaper, City AM, critiquing the Home Secretary’s proposals to expel foreign students from the United Kingdom upon the immediate conclusion of their studies.
As former international student himself, Lord Bilimoria remains a vocal support of the rights of people to study in at British universities, as well as being allowed to remain and work in the country after graduation.
The British public do not see international students as “immigrants” and are opposed to reducing the number coming here, even if this would make it harder to reduce immigration numbers, according to new research released today by Universities UK and think-tank British Future.Lord Bilimoria, a former international student and the Chancellor of the University of Birmingham, issued the following statement about the report’s findings;