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The Migration Advisory Committee are saying to the Government they’ve conducted a long review and they find no evidence of widespread abuse. They do say if there was a big reduction in numbers, some of our universities might just collapse. Let me just run through with you some of the numbers, they are staggering. In 2023, there were 460,000 sponsored study visas. 460,000 students came to us in that year. What is even more staggering is that we allowed 144,000 dependents to come. Students come with their dependents. Yes, I know it seems absolutely batty, but that’s what we allowed them to do. A…

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