The British Council in Pakistan has closed down its exam centres, asking candidates to follow social media channels for updates amid ongoing unrest in the country.

Stakeholders have offered differing opinions on the findings of a recent report by The Swedish Migration Agency which hints at student visa abuse in Sweden.

Indian and Pakistani university students in the UK are being targeted in a telephone scam in which perpetrators masquerade as immigration officials to extort money from them on the threat of deportation. The breach is not thought to stem from UKBA but possibly mobile phone accounts or websites that allow cv-posting.