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
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
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
Independent journalists + writers.
Esther Rockett
Stranded Aussies sacrificed for pandemic politics of paranoia article
Historical insights + archives.
Australian Story
‘Lest We Forget: Australia & The Spanish Flu’ episode
Quarantine Facilities
The original Q Station at North Head, Manly, Sydney