February 14, 2012
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The Swedish National Agency for Higher Education (Högskoleverket) has appealed to the government to protect the terms "university" (universitet) and "college" (högskola) from abuse following recent revelations that two fake universities have set up shop in Sweden.
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Fin means anyhting from sweet to proper. When someone says, Du är så fin it's quite a compliment.
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Also, anyone exploiting immigratns from war zones like this, should be immediately deported to that war zone. That might wake them up a bit.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6330301.ece
It is happening in every European country.
Making sweeping statements does not help anyone.
The immigration system in the UK needs to be overhauled; how come such institutions have not been closed down in the UK, and why do visas get issued for such bogus institutions? this question should be put to the relevant British authorities.
The higher education commission in Pakistan is a Government body that keeps track of educational institutions, and bogus ones are sifted out rather quickly. Perhaps the UK authorities could send a team there to learn a few things.
your choice of words in labeling the thousands of genuine Pakistani students, who apply for higher education in Sweden and elsewhere, is incorrect, and is an insult to thousands of hard working Pakistani students and educated professionals who are contributing to the Swedish and European economies.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6330301.ece
It is happening in every European country
SWEDISH AUTHORITIES MUST RELEASE STATISTICS THAT HOW MANY STUDENTS FROM PAKISTAN AND IRAN AND OTHER COUNTRIES . AND HOW MANY ARE WITH FAMILIES AND MANY CHILDREN. HOW MANY ARE RETURNED TO THEIR COUNTRIES AFTER EDUCATION OR ??????????????????????????????
8 out of 10 terror suspects arrested last month were from one bogus college; massive 6MILLION POUND scam involving false visa extensions; false enrollments of thousands; arrest of one Pakistani associate yesterday linked to 2 murders in Pakistan, etc...
Read the 50+ readers comments to the article: fury at 'multiculturalism' and govt permitting unrestricted immigration of peoples whose ideology is dangerous and antithetical to our Western values. It's the same story throughout the West.