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From UK COVID hotspot to Texas ice storm, desperate Australian couple scrambles to find a way home
An Australian couple has been forced from COVID-wracked London to a frozen Texas in a desperate attempt to find a way home through a tangle of international pandemic travel restrictions.
Key points:
- The couple is in the US after their flight to Melbourne on Monday was cancelled due to the lockdown
- Homeless and jobless, they could find no alternative flights to Australia before April
- Sarah’s mother in Victoria is demanding answers from the federal government
What started as a patient wait to return home to Swan Hill, Victoria, has turned into a “cruel” experience for Sarah Reynolds-Ryan and husband Jackson, some of the thousands of Australians stranded overseas since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
They were due to arrive in Melbourne…
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