PM Narendra Modi to raise students’ issue with British counterpart Theresa May

“We expect mobility issues to be raised during the visit,” said Ministry of External Affairs official spokesperson Vikas Swarup.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Source: File/PTI Photo)

CONCERNED WITH the decline in the number of Indian students studying in UK universities — by 50 per cent in the last five years — Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to raise the issue “very strongly” with British PM Theresa May when they meet on November 7.

May will be in India from November 6 to 8 on her first bilateral visit to the country since assuming office. “We expect mobility issues to be raised during the visit,” said Ministry of External Affairs official spokesperson Vikas Swarup when asked whether the issue of Indian students will be taken up during the talks.

“Yes, it is true that in the last five years or so, the number of Indian students enrolling in UK universities have gone down by almost 50 per cent; from around 40,000 to about 20,000 now. This has happened because of restrictions on post-study stay in the UK,” he said.

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Shubhajit Roy, Diplomatic Editor at The Indian Express, has been a journalist for more than 25 years now. Roy joined The Indian Express in October 2003 and has been reporting on foreign affairs for more than 17 years now. Based in Delhi, he has also led the National government and political bureau at The Indian Express in Delhi — a team of reporters who cover the national government and politics for the newspaper. He has got the Ramnath Goenka Journalism award for Excellence in Journalism ‘2016. He got this award for his coverage of the Holey Bakery attack in Dhaka and its aftermath. He also got the IIMCAA Award for the Journalist of the Year, 2022, (Jury’s special mention) for his coverage of the fall of Kabul in August 2021 — he was one of the few Indian journalists in Kabul and the only mainstream newspaper to have covered the Taliban’s capture of power in mid-August, 2021. ... Read More

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