Australia announces financial support for citizens stranded overseas

According to a report the Australian government has decided to provide new loans to citizens in financial distress who are stuck overseas as airlines push the country to relax the restrictions on international arrivals.

According to officials from the Department of Foreign Affairs , 23,000 Australians have now registered with the Government to indicate they want to come home.Two weeks ago, that figure was only 18,000.Only 4,000 people are allowed into the country every week, although that cap will be reviewed by National Cabinet later this week, reports abc news.

Earlier, Indian officials had informed that Australia has been excluded from travel bubble agreement because of its low intake of residents and citizens stranded across the world. “Australia is taking 5000-odd people from the world over. How can there be an air bubble with Australia?” an official asked, according to reports.

Even Qatar Airways’ CEO Mr Akbar Al Baker while speaking at yesterday’s CAPA Asia Pacific Aviation Summit talked about the inconsistency regarding border restrictions and also referred Australia’s border restrictions when discussing the difficulties of maintaining services there.