Petition urges Taiwanese government to allow entry of all Indonesian students wishing to attend fall semester classes

Taiwan News
Date: 2020/07/24
By:  Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Indonesians hoping to study in Taiwan are nervous that the government’s travel restrictions have not yet been lifted for most university students from the Southeast Asian country as the fall semester quickly approaches.

Nearly 4,000 students from Indonesia have been waiting for confirmation as to when they can enter the country to continue their studies, ETT reported.

Taiwan's Ministry of Education (MOE) on Wednesday (July 22) announced that students from countries not on the "low-risk" list who are in the final year of their degrees or hold an Alien Residency Card (ARC) are allowed to return to the country as long as they undergo a 14-day quarantine at designated places. Indonesia is not on the list of 19 countries and regions deemed to be at low-risk of coronavirus, which MOE on July 15 said can send students to Taiwan regardless of degree progress.    [FULL  STORY]