'Love is not tourism': Hope for couples kept apart by COVID-19

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Are the long months of lonesome waiting finally over?

Coronavirus travel restrictions have kept lovers and unmarried couples apart since the outbreak, but governments around the world are now showing more understanding of their plight, with some introducing measures to allow a happy and long-awaited reunion.Before the pandemic, Frenchman Nicolas Perret would meet his partner - who lives in Russia - in one or the other country using a tourist visa."At some point this will all come to an end.

"It is obvious that we must halt tourism to protect us and others," the lobby group said on a website set up to back the campaign. On Friday , the European Commission urged member states to end many couples' torment and allow entry for unmarried partners of European citizens and residents. "It's tragic, I haven't seen her since December," said Tonri, who has worked in the southeast Asian country for the past six years.

"We're being worn down, as we can see the situation isn't getting better and it could well go on for another year," Azema told AFP.

 

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