Last week’s Zoom conference with education suppliers and government departments concluded the same way it had for months: with an appeal from the industry to open the borders for foreign students. Last year, Covid...
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Erasmus students enrolled in courses provided by Irish universities provided with state-paid hotel quarantine upon return.
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United Kingdom scraps quarantine clause for fully-jabbed Indian visitors
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Australian borders not to reopen for tourists until 2022
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US unemployment rate dropped to 4.8%, pace of job creation a major concern
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