Plans for international students to return to Australia have confronted renewed uncertainty and risk of being halted by .
But keeping the Victorian border closed won't prevent the federal government from allowing international students to return to other jurisdictions through pilot programs, SBS News understands.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison had previously said all state and territory borders would need to be opened before foreign students could enter the country.
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