Karan Bilimoria, chairman of Cobra Beer, declared such a move would “make the visit a success at a single stroke”. “The figures show that we issue more work visas to India than I think the US, Australia and China put together. Nine out of 10 visa applications from India are already accepted. As the Hindustan Times reported on Monday, May offered the prospect of increasing visa numbers only in return for greater cooperation over illegal immigrants in Britain. Student numbers show the stark impact May’s own policies of reducing net migration to below 100,000 have had on the flow from India to the UK over the past six years.

Source: The Guardian November 07, 2016 13:09 UTC