Australians stranded amid the pandemic turn to the UN By Rupa Shenoy © Niranjan Shrestha/AP
Stranded Australian citizens arrive to catch a bus to take a rescue flight from Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, April 1, 2020. Stranded tourists from Australia and New Zealand boarded a chartered flight out of Nepal Wednesday. The Nepal Airlines flight had 222 Australians and 28 New Zealand nationals and permanent residents.
Pieter den Heten left Australia for work in Germany before the pandemic shut things down and was then unable to return. That was in September of 2019.
Den Heten became the face of an Amnesty International campaign on behalf of stranded Australians. He testified as a witness for an Australian Senate Committee hearing. Lawmakers said they’d have everyone back by Christmas, but that didn’t happen.
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Jane McAdam
It could be argued Australia s travel caps are an arbitrary restriction on Australians’ right to come home. But the UN s Human Rights Committee is not a quick fix.
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More than a year since COVID-19 emerged, there are nearly 40,000 Australians overseas who want to come home.
Prominent human rights barrister Geoffrey Robertson has suggested Australians stranded overseas could make a successful complaint to the United Nations Human Rights Committee.
In his view, Australia’s caps on the number of returning travellers are a clear violation of international law.
Geoffrey Robertson QC. Photo: Lukas Coch/AAP
There is certainly an arguable case Australia’s travel caps constitute an arbitrary restriction on Australians’ right to come home.