Comments on: Migration Advisory Committee recommends keeping the Graduate route https://wonkhe.com/blogs/migration-advisory-committee-recommends-keeping-the-graduate-route/ Home of the higher education debate Wed, 15 May 2024 08:51:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.11 By: James Bowes https://wonkhe.com/blogs/migration-advisory-committee-recommends-keeping-the-graduate-route/#comment-108172 Wed, 15 May 2024 08:51:14 +0000 https://wonkhe.com/?post_type=blogs&p=160902#comment-108172 It’s interesting to note that 63% of people on the Graduate Visa stay on other visas after it expires, with 46% of all people on the Graduate Visa switching to the Skilled Worker visa. This means a few things:

1. The Graduate Visa is a successful at getting people into skilled work.
2. Former international students seem to make up roughly a third of skilled worker visa grants.
3. Removing international students from net migration figures would be dishonest as international students no longer ‘nearly all leave anyway’.
4. This does explain why net migration figures are a lot higher than anticipated.

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