India New: India Urges Australia on Saturday to facilitate restrictions on Coronavirus travel for thousands of students who cannot enter the country since the pandemic began 18 months ago.
India sent tens of thousands of students to the top international universities around the world with Australia among the main goals.
The Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar said he raised the problem of “in several details” with his partner Australia Marise Payne with talks between defense ministers from the two countries dominated by Afghanistan.
“We have heard many students and I think they are frustrated, their feelings, really understandable,” Jaishankar told reporters.
“Many of them want to be in the institution where they want to learn,” added students are “very high priorities” for their government, who also face obstacles with the US and Canada.
“We have experienced some problems with several other countries too.
We initially with the US, we still have some problems with Canada,” he added.
India also approached the UK before loosening travel restrictions.
And the video of Indian Medical students registered in China became Viral recently when they begged the government to help them return to their university.
University education is now a multi-billion dollar and Australia industry is one of several countries to campaign aggressively to attract Indian students.
“I was one of the most enthusiastic supporters to welcome Indian students who were very loved back to the Australian education system as soon as possible for us,” Payne said at a press conference with Jaisanhar.
He added that there were around 60,000 Indians who are currently studying in Australia.
“Covid restrictions have had an impact on trips to and from Australia, not just students who have lifted but for Australians themselves,” he said.
But Payne emphasizes that higher Australian vaccination rates are asked to “give us the confidence to start all kinds of reopening” which will allow students to return.
“I hope to be one of the people at the airport to welcome the first arrival of Indian students who returned.”