Australia is slashing international arrivals by half. How will that affect stranded citizens and permanent residents?

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There are still hundreds of Australian citizens and permanent residents overseas desperate to return home. They're likely to face more delays and bigger costs to make the journey.

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The federal government's decision to slow the pace of international arrivals to Australia is set to make it more difficult for returning Australians and residents to come home.

The Victorian government has already suspended international arrivals while the state manages its surge in cases, meaning more flights had to be diverted to other airports around the country. Meanwhile, NSW will cap arrivals at 450 people per day and Western Australia was already set to limit arrivals to 525 a week or about 75 a day.

More than 357,000 Australians citizens and permanent residents have returned since then – but thousands remain overseas – some of their own choosing. “People are going to struggle to get here and if they’re destitute overseas – I wonder how they are going to support themselves? There is a human element here and they have to consider that.”Taxpayers had initially been paying for people’s mandatory 14-day hotel quarantine stays since the protocols were introduced.

He also said hardship considerations for those who can’t afford the hotel bill would be a “matter for states and territories”.Plans for international students to return to Australia have also been plunged into uncertainty as a result of the surge in cases in Victoria.

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Didn't ScottyFromMarketing tell them in March to come home? Or was that when he told everyone else to bugger off?

So the Chinese students ok to come back but not the citizens or the residents!

I've heard this decision to slow the number of arrivals may have ramifications. Many arriving back are in urgent need of medical care, chemo, medications, post operative help as they are returning from countries with broken health systems. Lucky there are nurses at airports now.

Why not just increase quarantine capacity? What happened to using Christmas Island - or is that only when it's Chinese Australians coming home? These are citizens and residents, you don't just block then coming home. You fix the fuck ups here so they can get back in safely.

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Good decision.

Residents should be stripped of residency and told to stay at the country of their citizenship.

They were told to come home back in March! Why are they still dribbling in? coronavirusaustralia

So only half the auctions will go ahead now.

ScottMorrisonMP MarisePayne So many Citizens/PR’s are still stuck overseas from months. You have no idea how hard it is to get a ticket on limited ✈️ from Ind-Aus and you decide to suspend half of flights and charge your own people for a totally overpriced hotel quarantine!

Great. So now we not only have to pay exorbitant air fares as a result of capped flights, but also shell out the big bucks for the privilege of being locked up for 2 weeks. Thanks, government

ScottMorrisonMP GregHuntMP Capping intnl arrivals at 4000 per week affords you the ability to let citizens leave Aus - you shouldn’t care how returnees left the country, or when. It’ll be up to those outside the country to manage their own return. Let citizens leave please.

Why r they returning now ? sbsnews

Np sympathy they've had months to get back home

4 months. They have had 4 months.

Shit heads too late now

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