Australia's move to cap student visas through back-door likely to hit Indians

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The Australian government will use a legal workaround to limit the number of international students, a move expected to significantly affect Indian students, for whom Australia is one of the top destinations for higher studies.

The Australian government is resorting to this after a bill to grant Education Minister Jason Clare the authority to cap student numbers at 270,000 by 2025 was rejected by Parliament.

Students from India form the second-largest group of foreign enrollees in Australia. Any cap on the intake of foreign students will affect Indians who want to study in Australia.