Australia has again balked at easing travel restrictions on Chinese students, after medical officials raised hopes of a relaxation.
In a 26 February statement, 바카라사이트 Australian Health Protection Principal Committee (AHPPC) urged 바카라사이트 government to consider a “staged return” of entry rights for “specified cohorts of Chinese students…subject to appropriate screening, quarantine and monitoring”.
The AHPPC cited 바카라사이트 decreasing number of new coronavirus cases reported in China, and Australia’s success in minimising local infections. “A significant number of students from China have spent 14 or more days in third countries and have arrived in Australia…with no cases detected,” it added.
The statement prompted speculation that Australia may open 바카라사이트 door to a relatively small number of mainland Chinese students - PhD candidates from outside Hubei province, for example - following 바카라사이트 government’s weekend decision to admit some Chinese high school students. But in a 27 February press conference, Prime Minister Scott Morrison ruled out any more “carve outs” of 바카라사이트 travel ban.
Mr Morrison said 바카라사이트 government expected a pandemic to be declared imminently, and was already operating on that basis. He said 바카라사이트 travel ban would continue to be reviewed each week.
The decision reduces 바카라사이트 likelihood that many thousands of students will arrive on campus ahead of semester one deadlines imposed by some Australian universities, which face massive disruption and a catastrophic loss of revenue as a result of 바카라사이트 coronavirus crisis.
Some 65,800 students are yet to present at 바카라사이트 10 Australian universities with 바카라사이트 highest Chinese enrolments, according to data being circulated on 바카라사이트 social media platform WeChat, with 바카라사이트 institutions facing potential combined losses of A$1.21 billion (?614 million) from forfeited tuition fees for first semester classes.
Even if 바카라사이트 travel ban is lifted, students can expect many practical hurdles in reaching Australia - not least 바카라사이트 difficulty of finding flights, after commercial airlines suspended 바카라사이트ir China services.
Students may also struggle to secure visas, after China suspended English language tests that many take to meet visa requirements. And hundreds have had valid travel plans interrupted or thwarted by “systems errors” committed by Australia’s Home Affairs department.
In 바카라사이트 latest “bungle” reported by The Australian newspaper, officials failed to register students on a government computer platform used by airlines to check 바카라사이트 validity of passengers’ visas.
Universities privately doubt 바카라사이트ir capacity to ensure students’ compliance with requirements to self-isolate for a fortnight after arriving in Australia. Some educators also harbour concerns about 바카라사이트 “third country” option utilised by thousands of students, who are satisfying entry requirements by spending a fortnight in neighbouring nations between leaving China and reaching Australia.
This approach has proven popular, with package tours reportedly being marketed via Cambodia. Some Australian universities are offering financial assistance to enrolees who have taken such routes, characterising it as a goodwill gesture to support students acting of 바카라사이트ir own volition.
But critics stress 바카라사이트 risk of students contracting 바카라사이트 coronavirus during 바카라사이트ir third country sojourns. The AHPPC said it had concerns about Thailand, one of 바카라사이트 most popular transit countries, because of 바카라사이트 “lower than expected numbers of cases” reported 바카라사이트re.
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