Proceeding contribution from Damian Green (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Monday, 12 December 2011. It occurred during Debate on Immigration.
Immigration
The hon. Gentleman is aware, because he has indeed had a meeting with me, that we must have rules in place. A huge number of bogus and fraudulent colleges have been closed down, one way or another. Of course, genuine students will have been caught up in that, and we give those genuine students 60 days to find a properly accredited college to move to. I think that two months is a fair time in which to ask people to find a new course. [Interruption.] The hon. Gentleman continues to chunter from a sedentary position, but he has to accept that we must enforce the rules and do so fairly; that is why we have the 60-day period. The alternative is to allow potentially bogus students to come here, or genuine students to come here and be exploited by bogus colleges. The tough action we have taken in this field is not only good for our immigration controls but good for genuine students who want to come here—the brightest and the best to whom I referred—and who will no longer be exploited and defrauded by the bogus colleges that have existed for far too long.
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- Asylum Borders Families Immigration controls Immigration Undocumented migrants Human trafficking Entry clearances English language Forced marriage Sham marriage Migration Visas Students Work permits
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