FOREIGN students caught skipping class or flunking courses are being deported in record numbers, courtesy of a federal government crackdown on student visas.
The Immigration Department has already cancelled 15,066 foreign student visas in the past year, a 37 per cent spike from the previous year, The Daily Telegraph reported.
About 3624 students are facing deportation for flunking subjects or missing classes.
A further 2235 visas were cancelled on students who quit their original courses and were either working illegally – in some cases in brothels.
The crackdown, coming after the number of cancellations was steady for four years, has targeted lax students who had won visas to study at a vocational training level, such as cooking or hairdressing.
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