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UK proposal to kick out foreign graduates stirs online backlash

Home Secretary Theresa May proposes policy requiring students to apply for visas from their home countries after graduating.

Many Twitter users are outraged over the announcement of the UK’s new immigration plan introduced by Home Secretary Theresa May. Her proposal would force non-European Union students to re-apply for visas from abroad if they wish to continue their studies or work in the UK after graduation. May reportedly wants to curb the number of students overstaying their visas. She is pushing for the policy to be included in the 2015 Conservative general election manifesto.