'Nigerians not targeted' -- UK envoy speaks on visa ban for families of foreign students | TheCable
, British high commissioner to Nigeria, says the UK’s new policy that restricts visas for families of foreign students is not targeted at Nigerians.
He urged Nigerians to see the new visa regime in a bigger context, saying it is “really a positive for Nigeria and the“Three years ago, there were 20,000 Nigerian students in British higher education institutions, and last year, the number increased to 127,000,” Montgomery said.“So, we had a five-fold increase in the number of students from Nigeria coming to UK universities.
“Nigerians are very successful in acquiring visas. We have a 97 percent approval rate and so that is the big context,” Montgomery said.He said the country’s higher institutions are very open to students coming to study in the UK.
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