Student visa refusals surge amid fraud concerns
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A spike in fraudulent study visa applications has prompted a dramatic increase in the number of foreign students being turned away. In the past three months, Immigration New Zealand has declined 70 percent of applications from Bangladesh and 39 percent from India - nearly double the normal rates. Our education correspondent John Gerritsen reports.
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