Claim: Most students who immigrate to the UK return home after study.
Fact-check: How many international students leave after studying in the UK? - Full Fact
Verdict: the available evidence is contradictory. most student immigrants come from outside the eu on a temporary visa and a minority still have the right to remain after a few years. but emigration figures suggest the number staying in the uk may be higher than this.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Joseph O'Leary
Date published: 2017-08-08T00:00:00