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party's anti-immigration rhetoric by stressing that there will be "no limit" to the number of students from India who can study in the UK and then stay on to find work under the Tory-led coalition government. "All you need is a basic English qualification and a place at a British university. What's more, after you've left a British university, if you can get a graduate-level job there is no limit to the amount of people who can stay and work, or the time that they can stay at work," he said. Cameron admitted that he had failed to "properly communicate" the policy to Indians, something he hopes to rectify during his visit, the exact dates of which are yet to be officially announced. "Now we need to take that message out to talented young people in India and say if you want to make that choice, Britain will be incredibly welcoming. We have 40,000 Indian students in Britain, I'm really proud of that," he added. Acknowledging the traditional slant away from the Tories among Indian-origin voters in Britain, Cameron said that he was working towards changing the face of the party to reflect "strong enough British Indian representation." Besides an attempt at winning some votes in the UK, the focus of the upcoming tour, his second since he took over as Prime Minister, will be on opening up new markets such as energy, financial services and healthcare. Cameron stressed on the will on both sides to meet the ambitious target of doubling bilateral trade by 2015, set during his last visit in 2010.
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