International Students and London City University

London: But with the crackdown on visas…" a disappointed Hirschy says over a cup of tea in her London apartment, according to CBC. British Home Secretary Theresa May has announced a wave of changes to the United Kingdom immigration rules, effective in November, that target international students. The Canadian student will begin her second and final year of law school at London City University this fall, but instead of looking for jobs after graduation as she had hoped, she will be forced to go elsewhere. "I would've liked to have stayed here forever, because I love it here. The aim is to curb what the government calls an increase in visa fraud by students who arrive on a study permit and enter the job market instead, thereby bypassing the strict requirements needed to obtain a legal work visa. The U.K. is one of the most popular places for Canadians to study abroad, second only to the U.S. For the 2013-14 academic year, there were more than 6,000 Canadian students enrolled at higher education institutions in the U.K., a three per cent increase from 2012, according to Britain Higher Education Statistics Agency. It the latest in a series of crackdowns by Prime Minister David Cameron government, which has promised to reduce annual net migration to the U.K. from "hundreds of thousands to tens of thousands." British Prime Minister David Cameron promises to dramatically cut the number of immigrants. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.