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 | | In response to parliamentary questions from Douglas Carswell, Conservative MP, Howells stated that Nigeria showed one of the largest rises - from 1,516 in 2000 to 8,045 in 2004-05. |
 | | Carswell, a member of the Commons education committee, raised fears of "an immigration scam", claiming that the growth in student visas coincided with a decline in asylum-seeker numbers. |
 | | Responding to Carswell, Immigration Minister Liam Byrne admitted that Britain did not have accurate estimates of the number of students who returned to their country of origin after their courses were over. |
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