Conservative MPs have joined Labour and Scottish National Party counterparts to warn of the harmful effects of Brexit on EU students in the UK, as they introduced an Immigration Bill amendment to restore the UK's post-study work offering to two years.
Compulsory checks by landlords on tenants' immigration status will be rolled out across the UK in February, the Home Office has announced, despite fears that they encourage discrimination and could make it harder for international students to rent.
An eight-hour debate in the House of Lords this week revealed serious concerns over an immigration bill that would introduce a number of measures affecting international students, including an annual NHS levy for migrants and compulsory checks by landlords of tenants' legal status.
