General
Australian couple’s race home for Christmas hampered by coronavirus complications
After months living through a global pandemic far from home, Alice Paterson and Chris King were looking forward to their move from Canada back to Western Australia.
Key points:
- Almost 40,000 Australians want to get home from overseas
- The Prime Minister had wanted them back by Christmas but says the list keeps growing
- Restrictions on Australians leaving the country, including a ban on international cruise ships, have been extended
But they were sent into a panic last week when several legs into their journey, they were told a booking error by their airline meant they were not going any further.
“Everything exploded in our faces and it was suddenly, ‘You aren’t going home, you’re stuck in Dubai,'” Ms Paterson said.
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