Australia allows some international students to enter
According to local media, over the past six months, more than 1,000 international students have been granted permission to come to Australia.
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, many international students have left Australia or cannot come to Australia to study. However, Australian media quoted sources from the Australian Border Agency as saying that since August 2020, 1,050 international students have been granted permission to come to Australia to study.
As Australia is closing its borders to foreigners, to be able to come to Australia, these students must meet the entry requirements such as being in their final two years of study in medicine, dentistry, nursing or some health-related field.
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At the same time, these students must also be confirmed to have a job offer at a hospital or medical facility in Australia.
Ms. Vicki Thomson - CEO of the Group of 8 leading Australian universities said that on average, about 600 international students are added to the country's workforce each year after graduation. However, last year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Australia had a shortage of this labor force.
According to Ms Vicky, remote and rural communities in particular rely heavily on international medical graduates. Therefore, if international medical students cannot return to Australia to study, it will affect the supply of human resources in this field in the coming years.
Since the border closure in March 2020, only one batch of 63 international students has been allowed to enter Darwin, Northern Territory, under the pilot program to bring international students to Australia. Currently, South Australia is also planning to welcome 300 international students to study in the state under this program.
International students are an important group forAustralian economy,with a contribution of up to 40 billion AUD per year and contributing to the creation of 250,000 jobs. The COVID-19 outbreak and the country's border closure are seriously affecting Australia's international education industry as well as the country's economy./.
