Australia Limits number of Foreign Students in a bid to Curb Migration

Australia will limit visa approvals for foreign students from next year as part of a migration crackdown Education Minister Jason Clare told a news conference.

He said new international number for universities, higher education and vocational training will be limited to 270,000 in 2025.

” it will mean that some universities will have more students this year than next year. Others will have less”, Clare said as he unveiled the plan, which will require legislation.

Under the new policy, the government will cap new international students at 175,000 for higher education courses and 95,000 for the skills training sector, taking the total to 270,000, Education Minister Jason Clare said Tuesday.

Overall, there will be about 15% more students allowed for universities and 20% fewer for vocational colleges in 2025, Clare said. The government was writing to individual universities to inform them of their caps.

According to Yahoo Finance, The Independent Tertiary Education Council Australia said in a statement that universities don’t yet have enough information to make decisions.

Australia is just the latest country to crack down on international students over migration concerns, with Canada, the Netherlands and the UK all implementing or considering measures targeting the university sector.

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