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Mon 12 Dec 2009Border controls 'hit flow of students to Dublin colleges'
GOVERNMENT IMMIGRATION policy is blocking international students from coming to Ireland and contributing to the economy, the Lord Mayor of Dublin Emer Costello has said.
She said the Government rejected almost 40 per cent of applications from Chinese students and nearly half of applications from Turkish students who wanted to study at Irish third-level institutions, even when they had been accepted for entry to courses.
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