RESOURCES:

The right to return home.

 

Up to 100,000 Australians remain stranded abroad, abandoned by the Morrison government during an international pandemic.

The introduction of flight caps has made it impossible for stranded Aussies to return home as flights are cancelled one after another, month after month, almost one year since the pandemic hit. Many Aussie citizens & residents are stuck overseas illegally, jobless, homeless, broke and desperate to get back to Australia and unable to do so due to the implications from the flight caps.

Expats and long term travellers were initially told by Scott Morrison to ‘stay put if you’re safe’ and take one for the team so as to let the desperate travellers get home, only to now be hung out to dry, totally abandoned by the Morrison government and their empty promises.

The only way they can get home is if Scott Morrison and his government stop the fear-mongering, step up with an effective COVID safe strategy and remove the flight caps now. Our Aussie mates need to return to the safety of their homeland and they absolutely have the right to do so.

No one's asking for handouts or free flights - they're asking for the right to return home.

Let's help them get home. Remove the caps now.

Campaigns + movements.

 

‘Bring Them Home’ social movement

Change.org ‘Get Stranded Aussies Home’ campaign

Labor Party’s ‘Help Stranded Aussies’ political campaign

Amnesty International’s ‘Protect The Rights of Stranded Aussies’ campaign

‘Remove The Cap’ social initiative + interactive map

‘The Right To Return Home’ Get Up campaign

Scrap The Caps proposal + campaign

'We Just Want To Go Home' story sharing platform

Media, info + articles.

ABC News

Stranded Aussies repatriated from overseas want travel caps lifted to help others

Why did Emirates suspend flights to Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane and how will this impact Australians stuck overseas during coronavirus?

Border Wars Q&A episode 
Why can’t stranded Australians return home? Q&A snapshot video
Australian Open brand could be damaged by players’ criticisms, expert says, as ‘contradiction’ on borders slammed

Al Jazeera

Locked out: Stranded Australians call foul over COVID-19 cap

The Australian

Coronavirus: PM Scott Morrison plays to home crowd over ‘pariah’ expats political commentary piece

Australian Aviation

PM ‘blames’ Aussies abroad for struggle to return home article

PM actually told Aussies abroad to stay put, argues Shorten article

Board of Airlines Representatives of Australia (BARA)

Greater international quarantine capacity media release

More than 10,000 Australians to remain stranded overseas post-2020 public notes

CNN International

'They've forgotten us': Thousands of Australians stranded overseas in the face of government's stringent border controls

Broken promises: Why tens of thousands of Australians will be stranded abroad this Christmas

Financial Times

The new era of quarantine: a muddled set of travel rules insight article

The Guardian

Overseas, stranded and in lockdown: how Australians are struggling to get home 

Airlines warn flying back 100,000 stranded Australians will take six months unless travel caps eased

‘Desperate’ Australian hotels want overseas passenger caps raised to fill quarantine rooms

Huffington Post

Demands from tennis stars the final straw for stranded Aussies article

Nine News Network

The plague, smallpox & Spanish flu: How Sydney quarantined sick travellers throughout history article

Reuters

Tennis causes tensions with Australians stranded by COVID-19

Sydney Morning Herald

NZ beefs up isolation capacity as Kiwis fly home article

Independent journalists + writers.

 

Historical insights + archives.

 

Australian Story

‘Lest We Forget: Australia & The Spanish Flu’ episode

Quarantine Facilities

The original Q Station at North Head, Manly, Sydney