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LONDON
February 1, 2010
Britain has temporarily suspended student visa applications from northern India, Nepal and Bangladesh after a surge in numbers.
The UK Border Agency has stopped accepting applications for at least a month while it investigates.
The BBC says there were 13,500 applications from northern India alone in the last three months of last year - up from 1800 in the last three months of 2008.
Unscrupulous businessmen are reportedly helping thousands of Indians and Pakistanis to obtain a place at bogus colleges in
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LONDON
February 1, 2010
Britain has temporarily suspended student visa applications from northern India, Nepal and Bangladesh after a surge in numbers.
The UK Border Agency has stopped accepting applications for at least a month while it investigates.
The BBC says there were 13,500 applications from northern India alone in the last three months of last year - up from 1800 in the last three months of 2008.
Unscrupulous businessmen are reportedly helping thousands of Indians and Pakistanis to obtain a place at bogus colleges in
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