By our reporter
Melbourne: Australian Immigration Minister Chris Evans says international students need to be
given more support during their study period here. Senator Evans was in Melbourne on Friday (19 June) for talks with Indian students and community representatives about the recent violent attacks on students.
He says Australia needs to do better.
“We haven’t perhaps provided enough social support to support the growth in
Indian student, or foreign student, numbers in Australia,” he said.
“We’ve had a huge growth in recent years of foreign students to this country
and that’s been great for the education industry, creates a lot of jobs for
Australians, a lot of business.
“But what we haven’t perhaps seen is the same growth in support services for
them in the community,” reports say.
