{"id":33016,"date":"2021-03-04T13:29:16","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T13:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/?p=33016"},"modified":"2021-03-04T13:29:16","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T13:29:16","slug":"international-students-share-anger-over-paying-high-prices-for-mandatory-quarantine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/03\/04\/international-students-share-anger-over-paying-high-prices-for-mandatory-quarantine\/","title":{"rendered":"International students share anger over paying high prices for mandatory quarantine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently announced that students could resume with face-to-face classes <\/span>from 8 March<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">As of 15 February, the United Kingdom announced tighter travel restrictions to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 transmissions and its new variants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Passengers entering the United Kingdom from the 33 high-risk countries are required to pay <\/span>\u00a31,750<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> for their <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">10 day mandatory quarantine at a government-approved hotel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This has sparked anger amongst international students who are already burdened with the accommodation rent that they have paid for, but not lived in since the beginning of the year due to the temporary suspension of face-to-face teaching.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_33071\" style=\"width: 206px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33071\" class=\" wp-image-33071\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/155502462_719054452306159_7163218014290647691_n-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"261\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-33071\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sanika Nair: Dubai expat studying at Leeds Beckett University<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Sanika Nair, 18, an expatriate living in Dubai and studying Architecture at Leeds Beckett University, said: \u201cI don\u2019t think this is fair for international <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">students as we are paying more than the local students to be getting the same material and teaching experience online.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cI think they should reconsider international students being able to quarantine in their own accommodation which they are already paying for.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Classes being shifted back to in-person teaching mid-semester, too, has annoyed students who have already settled with the work flow at the place they began their academic semester.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_33067\" style=\"width: 276px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33067\" class=\" wp-image-33067\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/156632474_2814427835553992_8918446389368574952_n-300x285.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"253\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-33067\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miette Dsouza: Dubai expat studying at University of Sheffield<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Residing in the United Arab Emirates, Miette D&#8217;souza, 19, studying journalism at the University of Sheffield, said: \u201c I have gotten comfortable with the way things are working online, and I have a whole routine now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cFlying back to Sheffield mid-semester would mean that it would be completely disrupted.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Given the amount of unnecessary expenses international students are grappling with and then expecting students to fund their mandatory quarantine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Sahima Chawla, a final year student studying law at the University of Leeds, said: \u201cThe government does not realise that international students are already struggling with the ongoing expenses of living and receiving an education in the United Kingdom.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_33061\" style=\"width: 204px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33061\" class=\" wp-image-33061\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/Screenshot-2021-03-04-at-4.53.28-PM-215x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"271\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-33061\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sahima Chawla: International student studying at University of Leeds<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span 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