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In the year to June 2026 the Home Office refused 18.3% of study visa decisions for Pakistani applicants, 17.6% for Ghana, 14.0% for Bangladesh, 11.6% for Nigeria and 10.5% for Sri Lanka. Across all countries it was 4.9%. India: 4.4%. China: 0.1%.
Source: UK Home Office, Immigration system statistics, year ending June 2026. Refusals as a share of decisions.
UK: 41% fewer study visas granted than at the 2023 peak. Canada: 16% fewer study permits planned for 2026 than the 2024 target. US: 17% fewer new international students in fall 2025. Europe is on the map.
Sources are listed in the first comment of the post.
Apply in China: 1 in 25 refused. Apply in Bangladesh: more than 1 in 2. A gap of more than 13 times, under one Schengen rulebook.
Source: European Commission, 2025 Schengen visa statistics. Original analysis.
Apply to Denmark from Pakistan: 78.7% refused. Apply to Germany: 24.2%. 89,270 applications from Pakistan, 40,026 refused.
Source: European Commission, 2025 Schengen visa statistics. Original analysis.
Sweden handled 10,173 of the 20,918 refusals in Dhaka and refused 74.5%. Without Sweden, the refusal rate in Bangladesh falls from 54.5% to 43.5%.
Source: European Commission, 2025 Schengen visa statistics. Original analysis.
18.8% of working-age people now use generative AI: 28.8% in the Global North, 16.2% in the Global South. The gap is 12.6 points, up from 10.6 at the end of 2025.
Source: Microsoft AI Economy Institute, Global AI Diffusion Q2 2026, September 2026.
Spain welcomed 70.4 million visitors in eight months of 2026, up 5.4%. France had 102 million in 2025, Spain 96.8 million. August: 12.3 million visitors. February: 5.6 million.
Sources: INE (FRONTUR), Atout France.
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