College director arrested in Garda immigration inquiryHow much is "a significant number", I wonder?
Dec 14, 2007
Ruadhán Mac Cormaic Migration Correspondent
The director of a private third-level college in Dublin was arrested yesterday by gardaí investigating suspected bogus institutions aimed at foreign students, The Irish Times has learned.
The man was arrested early yesterday morning and held at Balbriggan Garda station before being released at 4pm.
The college he runs, which charges non-European students €4,800 for courses in computer studies, business, accountancy and tourism, was one of two raided by officers from the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) last week.
Yesterday's arrest is the latest under Operation Feather, which was set up in March to investigate reports of "brass plate" or front companies that provide foreign students with false documents for visa applications. Another director of a private college supposedly specialising in management and IT was arrested in April and his school was closed down....
Though non-European students are allowed to work for up to 20 hours a week, the GNIB believes a significant number who enter the State on student visas come with the intention of working full-time.... [link]
Saturday, 15 December 2007
Bogus colleges providing foreign "students" with false documents for visa applications
From today's (Friday's) Times:
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so will they now check the books for all the "students" who came here in the last few years with these "colleges" and are now still in the country.....and charge them with false declarations, illegal entry etc...???
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