Covid-19: Ireland will finance the quarantine of its Erasmus students on their return
The entrance to the Crowne Plaza Dublin Airport Hotel, as Ireland introduced a hotel quarantine program for travelers from "high risk" countries, in Dublin on March 26, 2021. REUTERS - CLODAGH KILCOYNE
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From this Thursday, travelers from more than 70 states arriving in Ireland will be required to spend two weeks in hotel quarantine for the modest sum of 2,000 euros.
Of these countries, five belong to the EU and currently host Irish Erasmus students.
The Irish government is going to put its hand in its pocket to allow these students to return home.
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With our correspondent in Dublin,
Emeline Vin
The Irish government has set aside 1 million euros to pay for the quarantine of its students upon their return from Erasmus.
Of the 1,000 young Irish who are currently studying at European universities, half currently live in countries subject to “compulsory hotel quarantine” - France, Italy, Belgium, Austria and the United Kingdom. Luxembourg.
The State therefore undertakes to pay the 1,800 euros bill for their
two-week stay
in a hotel chosen by the government.
However, the measure does not apply to international students obliged by their course to come to Ireland from these countries or to hundreds of other Irish who study abroad outside the exchange program.
For example, there are 500 in the United States, which is also on the list.
The State's contribution to the quarantine costs of Erasmus students is debated in the country.
Some self-proclaimed "taxpayers" denounce the differences between Irish citizens returning from abroad and deem academic exchanges non-essential, while many institutions across Europe provide their courses by video.
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