The reopening of Australia's borders to international students after the pandemic has triggered an exodus from Bhutan, as young people seek opportunities abroad amid growing economic unhappiness in the landlocked Himalayan kingdom
Student migration to Australia from Bhutan has soared, with over 12,000 long-term arrivals moving there in the 11 months to May alone, representing about 1.5% of the tiny South Asian country's population, which has a youth unemployment rate in the double digits.
"Right after COVID, everything died. People don't see an opportunity out there," said Kipchu, who studied marketing at the University of Western Australia. While they represent just a small part of Australia's 600,000 international student population, the surge comes as the A$40 billion education sector tries to make up for business lost from a dearth of foreign students during the pandemic.
However, its mostly closed economy, which is largely dependent on hydropower and tourism, has more recently been hurt by high energy prices, leading to a sharp fall in itsMoreover, the government's reforms of the public sector, designed to streamline and modernise the civil service, the country's biggest employer, have also contributed to a mass exodus of working professionals.
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