Bring Stranded Australian People Home Or Step Down

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#1

It is an injustice that ANY country ignores the welfare of its nationals and treats them as stateless, denying them social security relief or financial support in the face of a pandemic while escalating monetary support by individuals in similar situations on Australian soil. The fistful of dollars approach thrown at ordinary Victorians while neglecting Australians trapped overseas and treating them as invisible betrays all that most Australians find abhorrent. In short, it is an abuse of human rights.

(Manila, 2020-08-10)

#4

we have been stranded in the Philippines duets the governments restrictions

(Hobart, 2020-08-10)

#7

Too many people are stranded. Bring them home. I have personal friends stranded in the Philippines and this is putting a real strain on him and his family both financially and mentally. Bring Aussies home first before overseas students etc. It is time to do the right thing.

(Geilston Bay, 2020-08-10)

#8

I am stranded overseas and wants to re-unite with family in Australia

(Melbourne, 2020-08-10)

#13

Bring our Aussie friends home !

(Hobart, 2020-08-10)

#17

we r stuck in india from last 6 months

(st james, 2020-08-10)

#18

I would like to go home due to my health conditions, financial problems etcs.

(Cagayan valley, 2020-08-10)

#19

I am having difficulty accessing adequate medical assistance.
I have already been stranded here four months past my original scheduled return flight date.

(Biloela, 2020-08-10)

#21

My wife is currently in the Philippines but will soon be needing to return to Australia. The Australian Government`s policy of limiting arrivals will make it very difficult to obtain an affordable seat on a plane. Australian citizens have the right to reenter Australia. Your government has a duty to assist citizens.

(brisbane, 2020-08-10)

#24

This is my Dad and needs get home to see his doctor as he is not well due to suffering a number of health conditions, And can’t be seen by Doctors in the Philippines.
Lawrence is also paying to live for in properties At this moment and has other responsibilities so he needs to back in Queensland ASAP With no government support/funding I’m really concerned for my Dad’s welfare with his money to live on is running low and will not be able support himself for another year if he does not get home quickly.. So Please I’m begging the Australian government to to arrange all flights for people like my Dad to get back home safely.

(Chester, 2020-08-10)

#25

The wife and I are wanting to get home to Australia.

(Binan, 2020-08-10)

#27

My 83 year old mum is stuck in the Philippines since March of this year. Flights have constantly cancelled on her.

(Laguna, 2020-08-10)

#29

I’m signing because my nan is stuck in the Philippines and we need her home

(Bolwarra Heights, 2020-08-10)

#32

Im signing this petition because they are my family

(Hobart City, 2020-08-10)

#33

My family has been stuck in the Phillipines for 5 months!

(Honeywood, 2020-08-10)

#34

My 83 year old aunt needs to get home to her family in Australia

(Quezon City, 2020-08-10)

#35

Im stranded here since March 10,like many other Australians world wide.We need help to get home,now.

(Sydney, 2020-08-10)

#38

W. Kobrynski

(Sokolka, 2020-08-10)

#43

I'm signing because I'm really let down by the government's incompetence on bringing back Australian citizens during a pandemic and the lies repeatedly told by the Australian Embassy in Manila.

(Dumaguete, 2020-08-10)

#46

I'm stranded in Namibia and have had 3 flights cancelled to date

(Swakopmund, 2020-08-10)

#47

We are trying to get home and out flights have been cancelled due to the caps imposed in Australia. We have now been told we have to wait another 4 months for the next available flight! I have resigned from my job and am in the middle of moving out of our house because we were expecting to leave on our flight booked for September the 2nd. Please lift the caps or increase their numbers so that we can return home!

(Bogota, 2020-08-10)

#48

Myself and my partner we are stranded in South America, with very few options to come back all very expensive and not affordable for us with the risk to be stranded in USA or Europe with and indefinite date of coming back to Australia. We need a flight that goes from Colombia-Chile-Australia one was done on the 27th of June by Latam but not everyone was able to get in for many different reason . Now Latam doesn’t want to help us because of the restrictions on incoming international flights Australia has imposed. We need a guarantee that if a flight from Latam is operated we will be able to get in and with as many of us as possible we need to come back home , to our life, friends , jobs( if somebody still has one after all this time off and not for our personal choice ) we need to be heard we need help !!! Don’t forget about us here Please !!!

(Cali, 2020-08-10)

#49

I’m signing because one of my family members is stranded in the Philippines.

(Edgeworth, 2020-08-10)

#50

my son has been stranded in Chile since April and i am desperate to get him him safe and well

(Ipswich, 2020-08-10)

#56

Because this disgracefull act of stopping Australian citizens from returning to their own nation will cost lives that you Scott Morrison will have on your hands

(Manila, 2020-08-10)

#58

My daughter is battling to get a repatriation flight back to Sydney

(Cape Town, 2020-08-10)

#60

I’m signing because I ran out of money. I can’t stay here in the Philippines for another month. I have no money anymore and I’m losing my wages back in Australia. J. S. Gauci

(Melbourne, 2020-08-11)

#61

I’m signing because I wanted to go back home to Perth ASAP and I’m pregnant due on December. Tired of cancellations. Aus gov’t should consider its citizens’ situation.

(Davao City, 2020-08-11)

#62

I'm from Perth WA...also stranded in Argentina and everyone need to assist in this cause.

(Buenos Aires, 2020-08-11)

#67

I'm signing because i m stuck in foreign country as my government is not doing any effort for our return. They have forgotten us.

(Lucknow, 2020-08-11)

#68

No Australianshould be stranded and placed in a compromised position!

(Quinalow, 2020-08-11)

#69

I was booked to return from KALIBO Aklan Philippines on 31st March 2020. No flights to Manila for 2 weeks before that. Embassy said to do your best to ride it out.

(KALIBO, 2020-08-11)

#74

I want to go home!!!!

(Lima, 2020-08-12)

#75

Displaced Australian Citizens all over the world!

(Raymond Terrace, 2020-08-12)

#76

I want to go home with my husband and 7 year old son back to Australia.

(Davao City, 2020-08-12)

#77

My daughter is on her own and 36 weeks pregnant, I need to be there for the birth and is desperate to get back home!!!

(Fourways, 2020-08-12)

#78

I started the Australians stranded in Delhi/NCR facebook group and i am a direct recipient of the shameful response of the present Government to the plight of those Australians who, through no fault of their own were unable to return home.

(Sydney, 2020-08-12)

#82

I have a relative stranded in the Philippines. The government need to step in and assist. The government also need to step in to stop huge fare increases that airlines are requesting!

(Melbourne, 2020-08-13)

#85

I am a stranded Aussie in Sth America. I have been unable to find a flight home that I can afford. My original flight in March was cancelled. I am now running low on money and I can definitely not afford to pay for quarantine on top of a ticket home.

(Gold Coast, 2020-08-13)

#86

These people need to come home to their families!! Please bring them home!!

(Newcastle, 2020-08-13)

#90

My brother in law is stuck int the Phillipines and can’t get home he’s been duck there for 6 months fir a one month holiday

(Melbourne, 2020-08-14)

#95

I am stranded in India and want to reunite with my husband

(Melbourne, 2020-08-14)

#99

I'm signing because people want to come home where it is safer. I have one friend who was locked down on an island and couldn't get back to the mainland to get back. He's now on the mainland, but flights are continuously cancelled

(Sunbury, 2020-08-14)

#100

I have a brother in law stranded in the Phillipines

(Langwarrin, 2020-08-14)

#101

I have been stranded here in the Philippines since mid March
.
Registered for 8 repat flights but was never contacted. Had 2 commercial flights cancelled and 1 rescheduled. The cap that the govt has implemented makes it just about impossible to get back home to Australia
The govt needs to open up landing rights for more flights with more passengers per flight so we can get back to our homes in Australia

(Cuyapo, 2020-08-15)

#104

My wife is stuck overseas and can't return to Australia

(Sydney, 2020-08-16)

#105

I am having subclass 309 visa and want to stay with my husband who has pr and right now in melbourne as a married we need to b with each other during things pandemic. Staying away from each other for more than 6 months became hard for us now

(Ahmedabad, 2020-08-16)

#106

I'm stuck overseas and my 13 and 14 year old kids are in Australia. I sent them back to Australia mid March and my husband and I were supposed to fly back 2 weeks later. The day after my children flew back the airport here was closed and we were stuck. Now the airport is operating again but with very few flights but even though we can leave the country there's no following flights to take us to Australia unless we pay 15 thousand AUD per person for the flights. I need to reach my children. We've already been separated for 5 months. They are safe physically and they're being looked after by my brother but their emotional state is crumbling. I bet Scott Morrison and his government members would have been diagnosed with mental health issues if they went through the same stress they are putting us through by the travel cap

(Kotayk, 2020-08-16)

#107

Disgusted in the way the Australian Gov has left children stranded abroad with little food and lack of of safety. Appalling behavior. Shame on the PM who is a dad also.

(Sydney, 2020-08-16)

#109

My friend and others are unable to return to Australia

(Lismore, 2020-08-16)

#110

I am an Australian permanent resident who is stranded in the UK. I have personally been bumped off of 3 flights whilst trying to get my family back home.

The current restrictions on numbers of people allowed to return each day/week is extremely harmful to people’s mental wellbeing.

(Mackay, 2020-08-16)

#111

My husband gained exemtpion to leave to attend his mothers funeral on the 27th June he has now had 3 flights cancel and we need him to return home, we have lived in Australia for 16 years, The government should not be granting exemptions if they are not able to guarantee the return.

(Perth, 2020-08-17)

#115

My friend deserves to come home and be with his family.

(Perth, 2020-08-17)

#116

We are stuck in the UK. We were living here and working. We've paid taxes to Oz for 35 years.

(Alnwick, 2020-08-17)

#117

I have friends impacted by this situation

(Kilsyth, 2020-08-17)

#118

I want my government to look after its citizens

(Panama City, 2020-08-17)

#120

We went through the same situation and we were appalled the way the government could leave its citizens stranded overseas during a pandemic whilst pretending to do all they could.

(Sydney, 2020-08-17)

#122

I am one of the stranded citizen and need to return to Australia.

(Katoomba, 2020-08-18)

#123

I’m signing this because my wife is stuck in India since March 2020. I can not believe the treatment you have given to us Australians. Every other country in the world is operating mercy flights and you calling yourself a first world country don’t even care about the lives of your people stuck overseas. Not everything is as clear as daylight that you say it’s our fault for being stranded abroad. Please make arrangements just like every other country is doing to fly flights and bring back our people and remove the cap on international travels!

(Goa, 2020-08-18)

#124

I am signing this because I am stuck overseas with family desperately trying to come back to Sydney but we find no way to come back due to lack of flights and the financial hardship building on us .

(Hyderabad, 2020-08-18)

#125

I have had enough of this government treating us like step kids whilst we equally contribute to it's economy!

(Navsari, 2020-08-18)

#126

I came to India to visit my parents after 4 years, suppose to travel back to Australia on 28th Mar but got stranded since. Lost my job and getting so stress physically, mentally and financially.

(Chennai, 2020-08-18)

#133

I’m signing to request for me and my family to return to Australia as we have been in India since lockdown. We are looking for flights however flights for 22nd and 26th are still not open and no flight alllocated for VBM phase 6. Also soaring prices esp accommodation is not of any help for us. Please assist to allow flights into Australia so we can travel with low cost and provide assistance with accomodation. Half govt support and half paid by individuals/family’s.

(Rajahmundry, 2020-08-18)

#135

Stranded Australian in India currently looking for options to go back

(Sydney, 2020-08-18)

#137

Bring my friend home and everyone should be able to come home.

(Melbourne, 2020-08-18)

#139

I’m signing because I’m an Australian national stranded in India. My government has shamefully abandoned me and my family and thousands of others like me.

(Bengaluru, 2020-08-18)

#142

I want to pressurize the Australian Government to allow us enter Australia.

(kathmandu, 2020-08-20)

#144

It has been a stressful time trying to get home. I am a teacher and had commitments to complete the school year before returning home as planned prior to covid. I am 6 MTHS pregnant and worried that if my flights continue to be cancelled or I am bumped off in favour of business class tickets which I cannot afford then I will not be able to return home before I am too far along in my pregnancy to be able to fly. My visa runs out in February. If I am forced to stay in the UK to give birth then I will need to leave the country when my child is only 2 months old- making it difficult to get all the necessary documents eg. Australian passport for child in place before the visa expires. Even though I booked my flights before mention of charging the returning citizens Western Australia will still be charging me for mandatory hotel quarantine. This is money I need to set up my life back in Australia and get ready for my baby. This is made even more difficult as I will be unemployed and seeking maternity leave from the government. I feel abandoned by my own country. I feel extremely stressed about the possibility of not being able to return home which is due explicitly from the caps in place. This is not the type of stress I should have to deal with when pregnant. This is just my story. I know there are many other people stranded away from Australia without being able to return home as a direct result of the caps. In the scheme of things we are only the minority trying to return home but it is so disappointing that the government will not listen to us or do anything to help their citizens from returning home.

(London, 2020-08-20)

#145

I am stranded and in limbo with a 7 month old.

(Cirencester, 2020-08-20)

#146

It is getting very stressful.i am senior citizen.with my wife, stuck since March lockdown, i am diabetic, financial, mentally stressed. My wife going unpaid. This is too much .

(Kotdwar, uttrakhand, 2020-08-22)

#149

i'm signing because i believe change will only happen if the consequences of policies are made known

(sandringham, 2020-09-01)

#150

Lawrence Gauci

(Melbourne, 2020-09-01)

#151

It's not right that some people need to go overseas for good reasons and then not get back even if they isolate

(FORRESTFIELD, 2020-09-05)