More than 40,000 Chinese university students are scrambling to return to Australia after China's government issued an order requiring them to undertake face-to-face learning this semester in order for their degrees to be recognised.
"We have been planning on having students come back on campus this year … but it's the suddenness of the announcement happening overnight without any warning … that's really caused concern," Dr Brown said.
"You would expect … that will put pressure on students to come back to Australia, which is not a bad thing in itself, but it's just the pressure in the short term," he said.The Property Council of Australia said the snap return to face-to-face learning would compound pressure on Australia's already-tight student-accommodation sector, with some capital cities already expecting zero vacancy rates this year.
A Melbourne Airport representative told the ABC airlines from China were now reporting more enquiries from students trying to get to Australia.
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