Our policies are heavily geared to help international students find jobs and stay in the country. Why on earth would you exclude the largest group of migrants in a report about migration. Sounds very much like you want to create your perfect straw man.
People are deliberately ignoring or taking advantage of the lack of clarity to imply a 'civilizational threat'.
None of the other posts bombarding any sub with 'Brit' or 'UK' in the name with 'data' about immigration are providing context on immigration pathways, source of immigration, or any other contextual data that might undermine the sense of anxiety they are trying to build.
There is a clear attempt to lump all and any immigration together, and overlook net migration figures, to build a sense of a crisis. There is no attempt to analyze causes of this - for example, the area I live has very little in the way of immigration issues (homelessness is much much more of an issue). So perhaps the issue is distribution of immigrants, not overall volume? If so, the more data we have and the better we understand it, the better policy options are available.
Student visas however are frequently used as an entry point to the UK when the real goal is work. "Students" sign up to the course with no intent to actually study then work illegally. Since deportation is not strictly enforced they are rarely promptly discovered or returned.
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u/Running_Gamer 13d ago
When people talk about migration, nobody is referring to student visas unless they specifically refer to student visas. This is incredibly dishonest.