BOARDING schools have written to the Westminster Government to request the removal of overseas pupils from immigration figures.
The Boarding Schools' Association (BSA), which represents a number of schools in Scotland, called on Mark Harper, the Immigration Minister, to recognise the importance of such pupils to the economy.
John Newton, a member of the BSA's national executive committee, also questioned the rationale for targeting boarding school pupils in a wider immigration crackdown.
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