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Britain has announced that will stop issuing student visas to people from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmarand Sudan.
It will also suspend skilled work visas to people from Afghanistan.
“An ’emergency brake’ on visas has been imposed for the first time on nationals from four countries following a surge in asylum claims from legal routes,” the UK Home Office said in a statement.
Since 2021, almost 135,000 people have entered the country legally on visas before subsequently lodging asylum claims, the Home Office said.
The number of asylum applications by students from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Suduan and Myanmar had “rocketed” by more than 470% between 2021 and 2025, it said.
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said she was “taking the unprecedented decision to refuse visas for those nationals seeking to exploit our generosity.”
This is a breaking story. We will update it shortly.
Britain has announced that will stop issuing student visas to people from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmarand Sudan.
It will also suspend skilled work visas to people from Afghanistan.
“An ’emergency brake’ on visas has been imposed for the first time on nationals from four countries following a surge in asylum claims from legal routes,” the UK Home Office said in a statement.
Since 2021, almost 135,000 people have entered the country legally on visas before subsequently lodging asylum claims, the Home Office said.
The number of asylum applications by students from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Suduan and Myanmar had “rocketed” by more than 470% between 2021 and 2025, it said.
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said she was “taking the unprecedented decision to refuse visas for those nationals seeking to exploit our generosity.”
This is a breaking story. We will update it shortly.
Britain has announced that will stop issuing student visas to people from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmarand Sudan.
It will also suspend skilled work visas to people from Afghanistan.
“An ’emergency brake’ on visas has been imposed for the first time on nationals from four countries following a surge in asylum claims from legal routes,” the UK Home Office said in a statement.
Since 2021, almost 135,000 people have entered the country legally on visas before subsequently lodging asylum claims, the Home Office said.
The number of asylum applications by students from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Suduan and Myanmar had “rocketed” by more than 470% between 2021 and 2025, it said.
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said she was “taking the unprecedented decision to refuse visas for those nationals seeking to exploit our generosity.”
This is a breaking story. We will update it shortly.
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