Melbourne grandmother, Hawa Ahmed and her son Abdishakur Aadan have been stranded in the Somalian capital Mogadishu since Australia closed international border in March, where the 82-year-old is struggling with health issues and financial difficulties.
" I suffer from diabetes, blood pressure and a heart condition. I want the Australian government to show compassion, particularly for elderly people like me. I am 82 years old. I am running out of money and can't get good medicine here," she told She was planning to return when Australia shut its borders and many international airlines stopped flying to Australia. But she hadn't thought it would last so long."I have a lot of sleepless nights," she says.
Mr Abdullahi says most of those who contacted him are stranded in the East African Region, including Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia and Djibouti. According to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, over 25,000 Australians are stranded around the globe. But it's feared that the actual number could be higher as many may not have registered themselves with DFAT.
"All the calls are going to the voicemail and there aren't any toll-free numbers. You can't even use social apps like WhatsApp to liaise with the Australian missions," he says.Another Australian citizen stuck in Nairobi told SBS Somali that there were estimated hundreds of Australians in the Kenyan capital alone waiting to come home.
Australians?
what are they doing in somalia? no doubt they came here as so called refugees
All these dual citizens that fled their homelands due to persecution head straight back there to live then want to return once the virus gets going.....
If they want guvment handouts they are Australian but if you saw them in the street I bet my left nut they would say they are Somali
I’m sorry but I can’t accept women dressing like this as having any intention of taking on Australian values. They might be citizens but they’re not Australian.
No. Somalis in Somalia are trying to force our government to bring them here. They are already home. Let them stay there where they belong.
They’re not Australians. Leave them there.
Oh do fck off.
No they can stay and help make Somalia great again.....
Has SBS ever done a similar appeal story in regard to white Australians standard overseas? I think not as this would go against their racist format of destroying Western culture.
Every time we see them in the media they have their hand out for tax payer money or are suspects in a crime wave sweeping the country...
These aren’t Australians !
Stop gaslighting Australians.
Leave them there.
I see two Muslim creatures where they belong not infesting an advanced culture with their primitive & barbaric culture. Australians needs to deal with their govt & EU before there isn’t a real ausie left
Australians your joking ? here are fake Refugees that feared there own country, fraud our Government on asylum & get our Welfare Payments & free home & scams an then save & go home live like kings in a country they feared & now they wanna come back 😂😂? PeterDutton_MP
Importantly in Somalia, they can live in a society with Sharia Law and culture. That must be wonderful for them, they would be so much happier if they just stayed there.
they came to australia as refugees. then went back to somalia to visit. makes perfect sense.
Just say NO. Not with my taxes.
Accepted here as refugees, because it was supposedly too dangerous in Somalia? Received welfare then travelled for tourism back to home country? Wake up Australia.
Why would they be in those countries to start with.
Too bad, leave the parasites there
If it’s all good for you to return home to visit then you obviously don’t need refuge in Australia anymore. Stay there and enjoy your homeland. 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Hahahahaha hahaha
THEY FLED HERE....SHOULD NOT HAVE GONE BACK !!!
GFed
The amount of racism in the comments and qoute tweets are unbelievable. Nazism is a live and well
Those are not Australians
I’m sure they’ll be fine
As a reminder - citizenship has nothing to do with ethnicity, or whether you actually belong to a specific society. Citizenship is merely a rubber stamp on a piece-of-paper with legal jargon written on it so you can come and go legally. There is no deeper meaning.
My friend flew in to Adelaide no problems from Nairobi two weeks ago. Booked 4 weeks ahead. Economy on Qatar. Very straightforward so I’m wondering what the issue is here?
they don't look very australian
Melbourne international air-port is shut to all Australians.
'Australians'
No thongs, no star tats, no missing tooth....can’t be Aussie
For whom consider those fellas as not Australian, remember Gladyas Berjiklian wasn’t even born in Australia and she the premier of NSW, just a reminder!
Frienly reminder native Australians are Black 😏
Not sure SBS included the right photo?
If they’re really Aussies they’ll understand this-
Stop offending us SBS you psychotic mutants
They are home they'll be fine
A piece of paper doesn't make you Australian
''''''''Australians''''''''''
There are Aussies stranded throughout the world. It is a difficult situation. I’m guessing flights will target the largest groups of OS Aussies, perhaps they need to get to one of those centres.
lol
I hope those stranded weren’t escaping persecution when they migrated to Australia because I’d be questioning that claim if they are going back to visit family.
lol
Too bad they aren’t fucking Australian in the first place
Yeah nah
'home'
💔
Get our Aussies home asap!!!
So refugees who felt so unsafe in Somalia that they got a free ride here, then went back and now complain about being there.
No thanks, leave them at home and cancel their welfare payments
Australians 😂
I guess they are not white enough 😏 If it was a white person somewhere in Europe, it would be on the news, current affairs while the govt scramble to offer assistance! Sad!
Australians?
Yes and I am Father Christmas !
'Australians'
So there you have it, 'refugees' who went back to their supposedly unsafe homes where they were comfortable enough to ignore warnings of 'you might not be able to come back later'. Why should we handhold parasites like this?
7 months. Really. In that case.
They don't look Australian to me, they look African. Oh it even says she's a native African. If immigration continues at this rate, Australian Aboriginals will be extinct before we know it and I don't think that's a good thing.
Wtf are they doing in Somalia ? Geez we are getting bent over by the third world
I wonder.. when here, when asked 'what nationality are you?' Did they reply 'Australian'? I'm guessing not. I'm guessing they even had 'community leaders' to represent them and defend the less assimilating (peaceful) aspects of 'their' culture.
This government and genuine help are mutually exclusive concepts.
'Australians'
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