Day: May 17, 2020

At the start of the year Ezgi Karasu and Stuart Craig were a financially stable young couple with big dreams for their new lives in Australia, but within months of coronavirus taking off, the pair found themselves without work, facing eviction and asking homelessness services for help. The pair are among a large number of international students dealing with increasingly desperate financial circumstances that one advocate has described as a “looming humanitarian crisis.” Ms Karasu and Mr Craig said before coronavirus they never imagined they would need financial support. Key points: Many international students have lost part-time work International...