New Zealand May Be Planning On Accepting Immigrant Students In The Middle Of The Pandemic

The world today seems like it is at a standstill, thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. Countries have shut their doors to anyone who may want to go there to help contain the virus and stop it from spreading any further. New Zealand is one of the countries that has done this. It has put safety measures in place and has been one of the countries that can be deemed successful in flattening the curve. Putting a country on lockdown may not seem like a good idea though because it means that the movement of people is restricted and the economy may suffer. However, to stop the virus from creating further havoc, a lockdown is the next best thing. After all, health is more important than anything else.

Recently though, the education minister of New Zealand, Chris Hipkins, has sent out a suggestion for the NZ government. He has said that immigrant students should be made an exemption in terms of restrictions of travel to the country. Of course, there have to be additional rules in place and that is to make sure that once they arrive in the country, these immigrant students should be quarantined first. New Zealand is not the only considering this – Australia is also thinking about the same thing.

The stand of the prime minister

On May 7th, the prime minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern, has been noted to say that the borders of the country will continue to be the same. This means that New Zealand will continue to close their borders for people who wish to enter the country. The only exemption to this so far would be to locals and citizens of the country who wish to go back to their homeland in the midst of this pandemic.

In the middle of this lockdown that New Zealand has in place, immigrant students are not able to get inside the country based on the rules that the government has put in place. There are some exceptions again and thus the country has been able to allow only 75 immigrant students with visas to go to the country for April alone. This number is a very small one as compared to April of last year when there were 6,774 immigrant students who arrived in the country.

The plans for immigrant students

Hipkins has stated that he is positive that his plan may be a good one. He says that it is possible that they would be able to create an arrangement for quarantine so that the immigrant students entering the country can be isolated for two weeks before joining the entire country. This, he believes, it the best way to ensure that when the immigrant students join the society of New Zealand, they would not have the virus with them.

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