According to UNESCO, the total number of globally mobile international students exceeded 6.1 million in 2019 before the outbreak of the pandemic and had grown significantly in the prior decade. By December 2019 the experiences of outbound students began to be disrupted. While some students were already in-country when the pandemic broke, others had not arrived and either abandoned their plans, delayed their studies, or took advantage of remote learning opportunities. While domestic and continuing students were more likely to remain on their programmes, new and short-term international students were generally more severely affected. Even now, some short-term exchange programmes remain on hold.

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