With flights to and from India and Pakistan on hold due to major COVID-19 outbreaks and Ontario trying to stop international students from entering the province altogether, study permit holders are facing an uncertain future.

"It's the most hurtful news for me," said 22-year-old Ruben Abraham Varughese, who's hoping to study this fall at Algonquin College in Ottawa.

"I've already spent a lot of money on trying to get a good education in Canada. We have already invested so much [in Canada] and after that they tell us international students may be banned? It's very painful."
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