Immigration figures show scale of foreign student drop

Published: Jan. 24, 2021, 7:26 p.m.

Latest statistics show there are fewer than 39,000 foreign students in the country and only 1000 more are expected to arrive this year because of border restrictions. Education providers say if the Immigration NZ figures are right they are facing the loss of hundreds of millions of dollars in fees. Here's RNZ education correspondent, John Gerritsen.