Arrival caps 'breached their right to return to the land of their birth or citizenship', the UN court heard. Photo / FileArrival caps 'breached their right to return to the land of their birth or citizenship', the UN court heard. Photo / FileAustralia has been hit with a United Nations complaint and Prime Minister Scott Morrison dubbed a "moral vacuum" over its treatment of stranded Australians and their inability to return home. A number of Australians who have been left "stranded" overseas since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic have taken their complaints straight to the top, after failing to negotiate a safe passage home with the Australian government's "extreme restrictions". Tens of thousans of Australians remain stuck overseas by arrival caps: Pieter den Heten's map project showed some of these.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 30, 2021 22:41 UTC