How do UK visa changes affect foreign students? — BBC Africa

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In May 2023, the UK gov­ern­ment has announced plans to scrap depen­dent visas for many for­eign stu­dents.  The new rule comes as migra­tion to the UK hit a record high of 606,000 last year.  BBC Africa explains why is Nige­ria one of the main tar­gets of the clam­p­down.  Pre­sent­ed by Ani­ta Nkonge Pro­duced by Mau­reen Nyukuri …

Rishi Sunak plans US trip with Northern Ireland high on agenda

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UK offi­cials in flur­ry of diplo­ma­cy seek­ing agree­ment with EU over pro­to­col, but play down talk that deal is close Rishi Sunak is con­sid­er­ing a trip to vis­it Joe Biden in the US as talks between the UK and EU over the North­ern Ire­land pro­to­col inten­si­fy. The prime minister’s offi­cials are draw­ing up plans for him…

UK Plan to Deport Asylum Seekers to Rwanda Considered “Cruel”

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Fol­low­ing a recent agree­ment signed between the British and Rwan­dan gov­ern­ments on asy­lum seek­ers in the Unit­ed King­dom, sev­er­al inter­na­tion­al aid agen­cies report that some asy­lum seek­ers in the UK have gone into hid­ing for fear of being sent to Rwan­da. Under the agree­ment, peo­ple sus­pect­ed of ille­gal­ly enter­ing the UK would be flown to…