COVID flight ban forces Indian international students to come to Canada via third country

With the start of the fall university semester fast approaching, international students from India are struggling to find routes to get into Canada after the government suspended all flights from the country over a surge in COVID-19 cases and the emergence of the Delta variant.
Earlier this month, the federal government extended the ban until Sept. 21, the day after the federal election. Some students say they believe, at this point, with case counts coming down in India, the federal policy is discriminatory.

Travelling via a third country is time consuming and stressful — potentially even dangerous — says one student who hopes to study in Alberta come September.
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