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Australia to limit foreign student enrolments in migration crackdown

Sydney, Australia Reuters Australia said on Tuesday it would limit the enrolment number of international students at 270,000 for 2025, as the government looks to rein in record migration that has contributed to a spike in home rental prices. The decision follows a raft of actions since last year to end COVID-era concessions for foreign […]

Bhutan’s jobs woes drive an exodus to Australia

Sydney, Australia/Kathmandu, Nepal Reuters The reopening of Australia’s borders to international students after the pandemic has triggered an exodus from Bhutan, as young people seek opportunities abroad amid growing economic unhappiness in the landlocked Himalayan kingdom. Student migration to Australia from Bhutan has soared, with over 12,000 long-term arrivals moving there in the 11 months […]

US Christian groups oppose ICE rule on international students

Chad Wolf

AP Leaders of 12 Christian organisations on Friday urged the Trump administration to rescind a policy requiring international students to leave the U.S. or transfer if their colleges hold classes entirely online this fall, saying it “falls short of American ideals”. In a letter to Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf, shared with The […]

US Indigenous mission pioneer Bob Finley dies at age 96

Bob Finley

Robert “Bob” V Finley, the founder of US mission organisations Christian Aid Mission and International Students, Inc, has died at the age of 96. Finley, who was born in Virginia where he attended university, worked as an evangelist with Youth for Christ and the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship after his graduation in the 1940s, sharing platforms […]