Australia to lift cap on citizens returning as thousands left stranded

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SYDNEY: Australia will slightly lift the cap on the number of citizens and permanent residents allowed to return each week, Prime Minister Scott ...

A social sewing teacher at The Social Studio makes masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus in Melbourne, Australia, Aug 26, 2020. SYDNEY: Australia will slightly lift the cap on the number of citizens and permanent residents allowed to return each week, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Friday , as local COVID-19 cases slow to single digits.

"The most effective way to get Australians home is to increase these caps," Morrison told reporters in Canberra.Many, however, have struggled to secure a plane ticket and raise the several thousand dollars needed to pay for hotel quarantine when they arrive back in Australia.

 

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