Christian Fleetwood
Stories of travelers and families begging the federal government to return to Australia for the coronavirus pandemic are documented on a new online page showing how far the stage is.
According to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), at least 23,000 Australians have registered with the Commonwealth and said they must go home.
The Australian Airline Board estimates that the figure is close to 100,000.
So far, calls from travellers stranded outside the country have only emerged as numbers.
But a new online page founded through a trapped Australian citizen visually reflects the difficulties and delays Australians face in their attempts to return home.
RemoveTheCap. com created through Pieter den Heten, a Dutch-Australian who sails on a sofa trapped in Amsterdam without work, who founded it to show how widespread the challenge is on an interactive map.
After its release just two weeks ago, at least 2,144 pins were added through Australians stranded in countries around the world, along with their stories, and the number expanded every day.
One of them is Barbara, who arrived in Brazil on April 1 to keep her circle of relatives because her mother had passed away.
It was going to last only two months, the time he needed to organize his business in Brazil.
Another is Sandi, who arrived in the UK on 6 March for a convention to provide his doctoral research. Sandi’s wife traveled to Thailand at the time, and the duo were due to reunite in Malaysia at the end of March.
Now she’s trapped on a London couch surfing and says she’s in the stadium “where I wake up every day crying and crying to fall asleep. “
“I also lost a lot of weight due to stress,” Sandi writes, adding, “Any hope of returning to Australia is gone and I hope Thailand or Malaysia will allow me to participate at some point. “
After last Friday’s National Cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said states and territories would be dedicated to expanding the current limit of foreign arrivals “as possible,” which is 4,000 consistent with the week.
The announcement followed the creation of a fund through FDFA to provide emergency loans to Australians who stayed out of the country due to the limit of up to $2,000 for one person, $3,000 for a circle of relatives of two, $4,000 for a family circle of 3 and $5,000. For a circle of relatives of four.
This also came amid disturbing news that airlines had been forced to prioritize consumers who pay more for their tickets to remain profitable, with 4-passenger aircraft.
Heten has been looking to return home since September 2019 and hoping to return to Australia to be with his spouse on a Qatar Airways flight on 1 November.
However, designer UX revealed in RemoveTheCap. com that his flight had been changed at the last minute.
“On Sunday, September 6, Qatar [Airways] informed me of a last-minute replacement on my return flight to Sydney scheduled for early November,” he wrote.
“An airline agent informed me that he would now leave within 24 hours. Unfortunately, with so little warning time, I couldn’t board the flight on time.
“I still don’t know why I booked at the last minute on a return flight. The roof, and it is, still in place. I will continue to look for a moderate solution and schedule for my return flight. I’d rather be back in Sydney with my partner.
“Especially as the founder of Remove the Cap, I need to avoid any privileged (perceived) remedies by organizing my return in more urgent cases. My scenario is far from the most urgent cases where suffering Australians have to go home. “
“With Remove the Cap, I will continue to look for a structural replacement on Australia’s roof that prevents many citizens from returning to Australia within a moderate time. “
RemoveTheCap. com has partnered with the PassengerCaps. info initiative, which provides data on what limits mean and how Australians can get help, with the aim of demonstrating the seriousness of the challenge to Australians. at home and gain public support.
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