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Illegal
immigrants get into UK through 'bogus college' route London:
The British Home Affairs Committee has said that tens of thousands of illegal
immigrants get into the UK because they claim to attend colleges, which turn out
to be fake, despite the Government's claim that hundreds of bogus colleges have
already been closed The committee said most come in on fraudulent visas in order
to work illegally and not to further their education. Chairman Keith Vaz said
it was "unacceptable and unbelievable" that ministers had done nothing about the
problem despite knowing about it for more than a decade. A report by the committee
questioned the rigour of college inspections by officials and criticised the UK
Border Agency for giving advance notice of inspections to more than 80 percent
of colleges, Sky News reported. Earlier this year Immigration minister Phil Woolas
admitted bogus colleges were the "Achilles heel" of the immigration system. Fears
were raised over the checks carried out on foreign students after a group of Pakistani
students was arrested in anti-terror raids in the North West of England. No charges
were brought, but the Home Office is still trying to deport seven students on
the grounds they pose a threat to national security. Two others face deportation
over visa irregularities. Since March this year, all education institutions, which
want to bring non-EU students into, the country, need to be approved by the UK
Border Agency. Woolas said: "By introducing the tough new student tier of the
points based system, I have ensured that only genuine foreign students can travel
to the UK". -July
21, 2009 Go
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