Originally Posted by
Joker89
All these caps are is an admission of incompetence, every other country seems to be able to accept its citizens back without undue delay. Frankly I can’t understand how they can get away with it. Guess no one gives two $&@!s unless it’s them.
New Zealand has a cap on numbers, because the last thing any Covid free country wants is masses of people arriving and infecting everyone. The UK press are reporting that ALL passenger traffic into the UK will be stopped till the 15th Feb, and also that they seriously F'ed up by NOT mandating quarantine.
Originally Posted by Icarus2001
Quite right. A country cannot refuse entry of it's own citizens. However our best and brightest are circumventing this requirement by placing caps on passenger numbers on flights, this may be legal. So if you arrive at the border of Australia you will be processed into the country and not turned away. Private yacht, aircraft, drift in by way of a refugee style boat and you will allowed entry (then quarantine). A neat legal work around brought to you by our elected reps. Of course foreign nationals who play tennis...come on in.
There is a financial reason for those arrivals. The organisers of the tournaments are footing the bills for quarantine, testing, security, etc. not any tax payers. Similarly they are bringing in services (poor tennis pun, not intended).The same applies for lots of other groups - cricketers, film production crews, the mega-rich who've fled to see the America's Cup