British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Richard Montgomery, on Sunday said that the number of dependents who accompany students from Nigeria to the United Kingdom (UK) rose from 1,500 to 52,000 between 2019 and 2022.
Montgomery made this known in a statement following his interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.
“In the case of Nigeria, in 2019, before the Coronavirus pandemic, there were only 1,500 dependents being brought in from Nigeria, with those on study visas,” he said.
“In 2022, that figure had increased to 52,000 dependents so that’s a thirty fold increase in dependence.”
Montgomery said the increase in dependents accompanying students to the UK is not peculiar to Nigeria alone.
He added that it is also about all foreign students, as there was a similar increase among Indians coming to study in the UK.
Montgomery disclosed that those coming to the UK for doctorate degree can still bring their…
Source: Guardian Newspaper
