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The number of student visas issued by the UK in the first quarter of 2012 fell 62%. The news comes a day after the Office of National Statistics revealed that the government is failing badly to meet its target to reduce net migration. According to ONS the figure was 252,000 between January and March – miles off the 100,000 sought by 2015.