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<p> </p><p>The Office for National Statistics long-term international migration data
<br>include estimates of the numbers of students leaving the UK. At the request of
<br>the Home Office and other migration statistics users, the ONS has improved its
<br>methodology with an aim to identify emigrants who had originally arrived as <br>students.
This has assisted in assessing the contribution of students to <br>overall net migration.
It is estimated that 49,000 non-EU migrants, who had <br>previously immigrated for
study, had emigrated from the UK in the year ending <br>September 2013. <br><br>HM
Government has made a commitment to reintroduce exit checks. By 2015, we <br>will
have checks in place on those who leave the UK by scheduled international <br>air,
sea and rail services. Introducing exit checks will improve our ability to <br>confirm
departure and to identify those who have failed to leave the UK when <br>they should
have done so.</p><p> </p>
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