“It’s almost impossible to book a flight.” With the pandemic complicating international travel, some students were worried about where to stay when their campuses emptied out for winter break.
Besides, the quarantine rules are so restrictive that she would almost certainly have to spend the entire break isolated in a hotel room in Shanghai.At colleges across the country, the coronavirus pandemic has upended holiday plans for international students. Faced with risk, hassle and expense, some decided they would prefer to stay on campus — even a cold and empty one.At some schools, such as the University of Illinois, international students can stay in dorms.
Elif Sensurucu, a student leader at the University of California at Berkeley, said many international students were worried about potential problems returning to campus if they left. It’s a national issue, she said. “The main concerns I was hearing from international students is the fear that they may not be able to come back to the United States,” she wrote in an email.
Yichu Huang, a Georgetown student from Beijing, had been longing to go home, sleep, see her family and friends, and eat meals cooked by her mother and father. But with a foreign passport, she worried about getting shut out at the border. Huang said international students were so worried about winter break that they decided to write a petition.
“A lot of my friends were really happy knowing they could stay in D.C. and not have to travel, not have to stay in a hotel in another city,” Huang said. “I’m very happy, glad and thankful that Georgetown has given us the opportunity to stay.”
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