Join our facebook group to discuss PR visa options: People visiting Australia or foreign students who are unable to support themselves due to the coronavirus crisis should go home, Prime Minister Scott Morrison says.
He said the country must focus at present on its citizens and residents.
"These (student) visas, and those who are in Australia under various visa arrangements, they are obviously not held here compulsorily," he told reporters in Canberra today after a National Cabinet meeting with state and territory leaders.
"If they are not in a position to support themselves then there is the alternative for them to return to their home countries.
"We still have quite a number of people who are here on visitor visas.
"As much as it is lovely to have visitors to Australia in good times, at times like this if you're a visitor in this country, it is time, as it has been now for some while - and I know many visitors have - to make your way home and to ensure that you can receive the supports that are available ... in your home countries."
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