The irony is sharp. For years, British universities depended on international students to keep their books balanced and their campuses global. Now many of those same institutions are quietly shutting their doors to two of their biggest applicant pools. The sector insists this is about compliance, not discrimination, but the effect is unmistakable: students from Pakistan and Bangladesh are being blocked, deferred or dropped because universities fear breaching tougher Home Office rules. Here is the full breakdown. Several UK universities have stopped accepting new applications from Pakistan and Bangladesh after tighter Home Office rules made it riskier to sponsor students from countries with high visa refusal rates. The trigger is the overhaul of the Basic Compliance Asses

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