Harpinder Kaur Romana hasnât seen her three-year-old daughter for more than a year.
The healthcare worker from the Melbourne suburb of Truganina weeps as she explains her daughter, Ashlyn, left for a six-week holiday in India with her grandparents in January last year.
Harpinder Kaur Romana with her youngest daughter Arzoyi and a picture of oldest daughter Ashlyn. The family has been separated from Ashlyn for more than a year.
Credit:Jason South
Three days before Ashlyn and her grandparents were due to fly home on March 25 last year, India imposed a ban on international aircraft landing in the country for a week, to contain the spread of COVID-19.