Australians Petition UN Against Government For ‘Right To Return Home’

A group of Australian citizens have lodged a petition with the United Nations Human Rights Committee against their government saying they have been denied the basic human right to return home.

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A group of Australian citizens have lodged a petition with the United Nations Human Rights Committee against their government saying they have been denied the basic human right to return home.

The group is representative of tens of thousands of people who have been stranded overseas by border closures and flight caps, some since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.

In February 2020 Australia imposed drastic measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus closing its external borders and caps were set to limit the number of Australians who could enter.

But one year later, these restrictions are still in place and many Australians are unable to return home despite the prime minister’s promise to have all stranded overseas citizens back by Christmas 2020.

Many say they have lost their jobs, have little savings left and are forced to take out loans to survive. Others are either sick themselves or need to care for a loved one who is seriously or terminally ill.

According to official figures from Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, at least 40,000 Australians based overseas are registered as wanting to urgently return.

The petition could damage Australia’s international standing at a time when the country has been hailed globally as a huge success story for its containment of the virus. 


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