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Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked Britain to relax student visa rules saying greater mobility of young people must be encouraged, even as Prime Minister Theresa May has said her country has a “good system” for applications.Addressing India-UK Tech Summit with May in attendance, Modi said education is vital for Indian students and will define the country’s engagement in a shared future. UK was already able to attract “the brightest and the best” from outside the EU, she was quoted by BBC as saying. “Nine out of 10 visa applications from India are already accepted.”Bloomberg quoted her as telling reporters on flight to New Delhi that Britain has “a visa system for countries outside the European Union which ensures that the brightest and the best are able to come to the United Kingdom.”The figures show that the UK issued more work visas to India than the US, Australia, Canada and China put together. UK’s new policy requires students to return home after their courses end, a move that has led to fall in Indian students enrolling in British universities by 50 per cent.
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