UK To Restrict Nigerian Dependants On Japa


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The United Kingdom is looking at tightening the rules on how many relatives migrants can bring into the country.

According to Home Office figures, Nigerians accounted for the highest increase in the number of dependants accompanying persons with study visas for the year ending in June 2022.

It has been discovered that Nigerian migrants bring in the highest number of dependants when compared to other groups of migrants, according to Daily Mail, Uk

The tightening of the rules for dependants is a move by the UK Home secretary, Suella Braverman.

This is coming after Home Office immigration figures showed a startling inconsistency across different nationalities coming to the UK to work and study.

The report shows Nigerians accounted for 40% of all dependants who accompanied foreign students between June 2021 and June 2022, despite Nigerian students making up just 7% of all foreign students during the period

Some 34,000 Nigerians were given study visas in the UK, bringing with them a total of 31,898 dependants. A similar ratio was recorded for work visas, with 8,972 Nigerians issued with one in the 12 months to June bringing with them 8,576 dependants.

A Home Office spokesman said: ‘[This] is the highest on record in our time series, with the substantial increase representing both a recovery from lower numbers during the Covid-19 pandemic but also an increase on the pre-pandemic period.’


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