The UK Border Agency has launched an investigation after BBC Wales exposed a scam in which overseas students are helped to cheat their way to UK university degrees and visas.
Students desperate to get a degree before graduate work permits are scrapped are being sold qualifications leading to a UK University degree. Special two-year work permits for graduates are being phased out in April and foreign students are being tempted by offers to fraudulently obtain degrees before the deadline.
The BBC went undercover to expose a market in postgraduate diplomas, used to enrol on university MBA courses with exemptions from up to two thirds of the work. The scam is designed to transform bogus students into legitimate graduates in order to apply for post study work visas.
Immigration minister, Damian Green, said the UK Border Agency were investigating: "It's fraud, it's clearly trying to create and exploit a loophole in the immigration system," he says in the programme which is broadcast today (Wednesday 5 October) on BBC One Wales. "Obviously we're aware of the investigations that you've been undergoing. If people are committing scams then they should be worried, we're after them.". Read more
(Source : BBC Press Release)
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