The chairman of the Migration Advisory Committee said this week that if overall net migration to the UK was to be reduced to the "tens of thousands" as promised by David Cameron before the election, there would have to be huge cuts to the 87,000 people that arrive annually as overseas students.

Nicola Dandridge, Chief Executive of Universities UK examines whether this is desirable.

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