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Australians may be fined or jailed for entering the country from India – Sydney Morning Herald

The government is considering making it a crime, punishable by a maximum $66,000 fine or five years’ jail, if anyone travels home from India.

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The federal government is considering fining and jailing anyone who tries to enter Australia from India amid that countrys COVID-19 crisis.Australias borders have been closed since March last year and, this week, the government clamped down even further, banning all flights, including repatriation dashes, from India.
A crematorium in New Delhi on Thursday where multiple funeral pyres were burning for victims of COVID-19. Getty Images
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