People queue outside a vaccination centre in New Delhi as India tries to contain its surging coronavirus crisis, while Australians in the country are unable to return home. Photo: AFP
People queue outside a vaccination centre in New Delhi as India tries to contain its surging coronavirus crisis, while Australians in the country are unable to return home. Photo: AFP

Stranded Australians in India feel ‘betrayed, abandoned’ by coronavirus travel ban

  • Australia’s move to ban flights and penalise citizens for returning home from India amid its Covid-19 surge has left thousands in limbo
  • The restrictions have been criticised as discriminatory and unconstitutional, but PM Scott Morrison said travellers were unlikely to be jailed

People queue outside a vaccination centre in New Delhi as India tries to contain its surging coronavirus crisis, while Australians in the country are unable to return home. Photo: AFP
People queue outside a vaccination centre in New Delhi as India tries to contain its surging coronavirus crisis, while Australians in the country are unable to return home. Photo: AFP
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