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Fewer S'pore students applying for visas to Britain and Australia

Traditional destinations' declining popularity reflects instability of Covid-19 situation there

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Sivakami Arunachalam, Ng Wei Kai

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For Singaporean students studying in overseas universities, the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic last year meant they had to cut short their experience of life abroad.
As infection rates skyrocketed and international borders began to close, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs released an advisory on March 17 last year encouraging Singaporean students to come home.
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