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Australia has severely rate limited the number of incoming passengers, including citizens. One year on, there are still tens of thousands of Australians unable

• justaguy88 6y ago
  I haven't seen my parents in over a year due to this, it makes me pretty angry
  • dx034 6y ago
    But those are travel restrictions, not restrictions of entry. For Australia it doesn't make a big difference but they still cannot turn away citizens at their borders. They can detain people or quarantine them but not send them back. I'm not sure if there's any country where denying entry to your citizens is legal.
• 3np 6y ago
  Judging by the information here: https://covid19.homeaffairs.gov.au/travel-restrictions https://covid19.homeaffairs.gov.au/travel-restrictions It seems that citizens (and even permanent residents, which was not the case in e.g. Japan for several months) are free to enter. Sure, number of planes and seats are limited, but that's a different matter from denying entry at the border.
  • goodcanadian 6y ago
    That's like saying you can take as many cookies as you want when the plate is empty. There are citizens and residents who have been unable to get home for over a year!