Foreign Students ‘Scamming Loans System’
20th April 2026
Of course they are.
Record numbers of foreign students are securing student loans amid fears the taxpayer is being defrauded of millions of pounds by fake claims.
The number of foreign students receiving loans of up to £13,000 a year has increased by 60 per cent in the past five years with seven European countries accounting for two-thirds of the 262,000 overseas claimants, official figures show.
That contrasts with a 6 per cent fall in the number of British students receiving loans over the same period from 1.2 million to 1.13 million, a decline of 73,000.