VISA AGENCIES

That this House notes with concern that unscrupulous agencies have been coaxing international students to apply for employment, and providing the promise of visas in exchange for large lump sums of cash; further notes that visas are consequently refused by the Home Office on grounds of deception; notes that some students face lengthy bans from the UK and receive no retribution for the sums paid by them to these agencies; notes that this is a growing problem which is significantly impacting the lives of international students and their families; and calls on the Home Secretary to review this situation, and implement stricter measures to stop such agencies from engaging in similar acts of deception which at the same time protecting innocent victims from such calculated organised criminals.