Lobby groups have slammed the government as tertiary institutions stand to lose billions if Chinese students cannot access universities.
NUS national president Molly Millmott says up to 56 per cent of enrolled Chinese international students remain stranded overseas waiting to return to Australia.
“NUS maintains that this ban is predicated on racial division that discriminates against international students, but also fails to account for many of the consequences that this will likely precipitate upon the Australian higher education space and the welfare of the student body,” Ms Willmott said in a statement on Friday.
A survey found 32 per cent of Chinese students stranded in China would enrol at a foreign university if they missed the beginning of the Australian term,Universities would lose up to $2 billion if all 100,000 students stranded in China chose foreign institutions.China’s planning to relax its internet restrictions for 100,000 students stranded in China due to the travel ban.
Students stranded in China may opt to enrol in institutions overseas if the ban remains in place. Picture: istock.No quarantined Australians at Christmas Island and Darwin have tested positive for the virus, with the first group of evacuees due to return home on Monday.“The ABF is currently making arrangements to transfer those who have been quarantined on Christmas Island once they have been medically cleared,” an ABF spokesman told AAP.
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