The Home Office will proactively contact about 130,000 international students and their families warning that they will be removed if they have no legal right to remain. The message states that meritless asylum claims will be swiftly refused and asylum support eligibility will be assessed against destitution criteria. The campaign responds to a spike in students arriving on visas then applying for asylum after visas expire. Statistics show 43,600 asylum arrivals by small boats (39% of claims) and 41,100 claims from legal entries, with 16,000 student claimants last year. Post-study leave for graduates was cut from two years to 18 months.
If you submit an asylum claim that lacks merit, it will be swiftly and robustly refused. Any request for asylum support will be assessed against destitution criteria. If you do not meet the criteria, you will not receive support. If you have no legal right to remain in the UK, you must leave. If you don't, we will remove you.
Although the political and media focus this summer has been on people arriving on small boats, a similar number arrive legally with visas, then apply for asylum often when those visas run out. Many claims are legitimate, but ministers fear that too many international students are seeking asylum to stay in the country because their leave to remain has run out.
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