>If the cream of their crop flock here, then where does that leave their education system? If Indians fill out the university places left by Brits who can no lo

>If the cream of their crop flock here, then where does that leave their education system? If Indians fill out the university places left by Brits who can no longer afford it, where does that potentially leave race relations in the UK? This is a solved problem. You see, England was never as aspirational as Silicon Valley for Indians in general - and that immigration has been going on for many decades. Reverse brain drain (going abroad, studying and coming back) is something that both India amd China have engineered very successfully. We have awards for distinguished Non Resident Indians given by the Prime Minister which, I daresay, is designed for nostalgia. IMHO no other country makes such a big deal of its non resident citizens. This is precisely one of the reasons that Obama is trying to introduce the startup bill - Indian and Chinese immigrants are very happy going back and starting companies at home. I think Cameron is responding to the US and Australian attraction for Indian students. England is least preferred anyway because of the racism (a couple of Australian incidents font make it as bad as England).