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India travel ban proposed after coronavirus cases in Perth hotel quarantine prompts concern
Members of the Indian community want Australia to continue accepting arrivals from India on compassionate grounds even if Premier Mark McGowan’s suggestion of a travel ban from the country is adopted.
Key points:
- Two-fifths of recent COVID-19 cases in WA quarantine travelled from India
- The WA Premier will raise the travel ban idea with National Cabinet
- There are fears a ban would unfairly single out people coming from India
Community leader Suresh Rajan is pushing for exceptions for people such as for the uncle of seven-year-old Aishwarya Aswath, who died in Perth Children’s Hospital three weeks ago, to travel to WA to support her devastated family.
Her uncle is not an Australian citizen but is applying under the current system to come to…
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