British varsity moves to save Nigerian students from deportation.

London Metropolitan University is launching legal action against the United Kingdom Border Agency’s decision to revoke its licence to sponsor international students.

The university said it was taking action so its students could return to study “as a matter of urgency,” the British Broadcasting Corporation reports.
The government revoked London Met’s “highly trusted” status last week.
The UKBA found a quarter of its 2,000 overseas students did not have permission to stay in the country.
The revocation of the licence meant that over 2,000 students, mainly Nigerians, risked being deported from Britain.
A task force was set up by the university to help students affected by the decision.
The government says it wants to assess how many students will be successfully reallocated to alternative institutions before the UKBA sends out notices giving them 60 days to leave. At this stage, the Home Office is unable to say when those notices will be issued.
The UKBA says London Met had “failed to address serious and systemic failings” identified six months ago.

The Punch.