Universities are set to be banned from accepting foreign students if they fail to stop their courses being used as a 'back door' for asylum claims, it has emerged.
The Government is expected to announce plans next month to clamp down on the number of migrants using study visas to enter Britain before claiming asylum.
Home Office figures show that 16,000 of those who claimed asylum last year had arrived in the UK on a study visa.
According to The Times, universities will be penalised if fewer than 95 per cent of international students accepted on to a course start their studies, or fewer than 90 per cent continue to the end.
Labour's plans will also reportedly see institutions that accept foreign students face sanctions if more than 5 per cent of their visas are rejected.
