The Solomon Islands government has made plans to repatriate Solomon Islands tertiary students studying in Fiji by as early as March this year.
The Solomon Times reported that there were at least 200 students who had completed their studies but were still stuck in Fiji with travel restrictions at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the media report, Secretary to the Prime Minister Dr Jimmie Rodgers confirmed the plans and said two charter flights were being arranged to take the students back home.
Dr Rodgers said another privately arranged charter flight was scheduled to arrive in Honiara on February 26, bringing home several students in the Philippines on the same flight.
He also assured other tertiary students abroad that arrangements were also being made to take them home, and include students studying in Cuba, the US, Korea, and the UK.
