Australia to Open Borders for One Group: International Students

  • Trial will see 350 students flown in before hotel quarantine
  • Nation’s 4th biggest export faces competition from U.S., U.K.
Students sit in the cloister of the quadrangle at the University of Sydney on Feb. 25.Photographer: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg
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While Australia’s borders remain firmly closed to overseas visitors, the government plans to make a notable exception as it races to save its fourth-biggest export: Education.