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Number of EU students in Britain is at a record high - and we lend them �100million to pay their fees

132,000 students from EU enrolled at UK institutions last year - an 18% rise
Biggest jump in applications came from Romania with a 28% increase
Government money handed to EU students has topped �100m for first time
Graduates eligible to repay their loans are failing to hand back nearly �50m

By Jonathan Petre

PUBLISHED: 00:38, 9 June 2013 | UPDATED: 00:49, 9 June 2013

The number of foreign students studying at British universities has reached a record high, fuelling fears that many will fail to repay their taxpayer-funded loans after they graduate.

More than 132,000 students from mainland Europe enrolled at UK institutions last year, a rise of 18 per cent since 2008.

The biggest jump in applications came from Romania, which saw a 28 per cent rise in 12 months, and Bulgaria, which saw a 23 per cent increase.
Rising costs: The amount of money being paid to European students studying at universities in the UK has topped �100 million for the first time (stock image)

Rising costs: The amount of money being paid to European students studying at universities in the UK has topped �100 million for the first time (stock image)

The figures, by the Higher Education Statistics Agency, came as it was revealed that the amount of government money handed to EU students has topped �100 million for the first time.

Graduates eligible to repay their loans are also failing to hand back nearly �50 million.

Under EU law, students from any member state are eligible to apply to British universities and qualify for low-interest loans. They do not have to repay these until they are earning more than �21,000 a year.

The findings will raise concerns that many students have no intention of repaying the money and may simply return home.

Tory MP Brian Binley, a member of the Commons Business, Innovation and Skills Committee, said: �We are disadvantaged across the board with respect to Europe � in student loans, the Health Service and with people coming here for jobs.

�The whole thing is to our disadvantage.�

Britain .the joke of the EU .send your kids britain will pay ,send your scroungers britain will pay ,send your criminals britain will pay ,send your gypsies britain will pay .send your Islamic terrorists and Britain will protect them, YES FOLKS ,BRITAIN THE JOKE OF THE EU AND THE WORLD AND YOU ARE ONE OF THE MUPPETS WHO ALLOW IT.