The Australian tertiary education system (Universities) are explicitly funded by selling a pathway to Australian citizenship to foreigners.
So much so that when COVID closed off access to those students and their money there was a literal collapse of the Australian university funding model.
So, no. It is not a consolation. Not even a little bit.
If it's any consolation (It's really not) most of these numbers are inflated by "students" unfortunately they tend to stay.
The Australian tertiary education system (Universities) are explicitly funded by selling a pathway to Australian citizenship to foreigners.
So much so that when COVID closed off access to those students and their money there was a literal collapse of the Australian university funding model.
So, no. It is not a consolation. Not even a little bit.