Covid-19: Backpackers stranded in Australia tell their story | Malay Mail

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MELBOURNE, Aug 23 — A major destination for backpackers from around the world, Australia has closed its international borders to non-residents until 2021. Some of those who are now in the country are managing to cope with this unprecedented situation, while others are stranded in uncertain and...

Backpackers pick most of the fruit harvested in Australia. — Reuters file pic

Foreign backpackers play an important role in the Australian economy, in particular in the tourism and agriculture sectors, which depend on them as a labour source. However, the covid-19 crisis has put many of them in a difficult situation in which they are unable to find work or prolong their visas.Alena from Slovakia moved to New Zealand in 2018 after finishing her PhD in linguistics and arrived in Australia in February 2020.

 

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