Ban on return of Australians from India
Australian citizens who want to return to their homeland from India amid the current epidemic may face up to five years in prison or fines as the government has temporarily declared their visit to Australia from India as illegal.
The Australian Ministry of Health said that "it was decided to look at the proportion of people present in Quarantine who have been infected with Kovid-19 from India".
Earlier this week, Australia banned flights coming from India. About nine thousand Australians are living in India. Out of these 600 people have been kept in the unsafe category.
The offense will have to return to its own country
According to Australian media, this is the first time in history when returning to his own country has been criminalized in Australia. A doctor told ABC News that this step of the government is not in the interest of the people returning from India.
"Our families are dying in India ... to give them no way to get out - this is to leave them in trouble," says Vyom Sharma, a general physician, and doctor who has commented on health matters.
Since Monday, anyone who has gone to India 14 days before their scheduled date of returning to Australia will not get an entry into the country.
Violators of the rules may face five years in jail or a fine of 66000 dollars (48 lakh 90 thousand rupees) or both.
What did the health minister say?
Health Minister Greg Hunt issued a statement saying that the government has taken the decision.
"It is important to take care of Australia's public health and quarantine systems and reduce the number of patients infected with covids in the quarantine facility," he said.
The ministry said that it has agreed to send emergency medical supplies to India, including ventilators and PPE kits.
Australia Health Minister Greg Hunt
The ministry said, "We are wholehearted with the people of India and our Indo-Australian community."
On the one hand, cases of corona infection are increasing in India, on the other hand, the infection rate in Australia is almost zero.
There have been very few deaths here compared to other countries. Many Australians have been trapped overseas due to strict lockdown rules.
Question of rights
The first jacket of every Australian passport has an inscription that speaks of protection and assistance for the citizens of Australia abroad.
But, who thought that the people of Australia would have to struggle to get into their own country? Re-entering your country and staying there is a fundamental aspect of citizenship.
The right to return has also been recognized in the international law contained in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. However, the difficulty for the people of Australia is that they cannot argue the United Nations Treaty in an Australian court.
The rights of citizenship and many other freedoms are not guaranteed under their law. The Constitution of Australia lacks a human rights charter or explicit protection.
In such a situation, the government can make such laws in an emergency. Last year, in the event of an epidemic, the government bypassing the Parliament made a change in the country's Biosafety Act to give unlimited powers to the Health Minister.
Now, people coming to Australia may have to face new rules because of the danger of Corona. It will also take time to legally challenge this ban of two weeks and it will cost a lot. In such a situation, public opposition and pressure can be the only way.
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