The UK Home Office has launched a campaign warning international students, including those from Kenya, against overstaying their visas, directly contacting tens of thousands via text and email. This follows an "alarming" spike in students claiming asylum after their visas expire.

• Approximately 13% of asylum applications in the UK in the year to June, totaling around 14,800, came from individuals who initially arrived on a study visa.
• Home Secretary Yvette Cooper stated that some international students are claiming asylum "even when things haven’t changed in their home country."
• The Home Office plans to tighten rules for universities regarding visa refusal and course completion rates to prevent the use of study as a means to enter the UK.