https://www.scmp.com/rss/506914/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Many international students in private rental housing in Sydney and Melbourne were struggling before Covid-19 hit. Our surveys of these students before and during the pandemic show it has made their already precarious situations much worse. Of those with paid work when the pandemic began, six in 10 lost their jobs. Many were struggling to pay rent and tuition fees. Our new report is based on two surveys of several thousand students. To track financial distress, we developed eight indicators from... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3097185/coronavirus-leaves-australias-international-students-dire-straits?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3097185/coronavirus-leaves-australias-international-students-dire-straits?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 13 Aug 2020 05:10:29 +0000