Fines up to $66k or five years prison for Australians returning home from India

Re:Fines up to $66k or five years prison for Australians ret... by tinus_hn on Sunday May 02, 2021 @08:12AM (#27014590)

All very understandable but international law clearly states that you can’t prevent your own citizens from entering your country.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_of_return

If Australia wants to implement quarantines, fine. If Australia wants to appear tough and make an example of people by denying them their rights, not fine.

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Re:Fines up to $66k or five years prison for Australians ret... by publicola1990 on Sunday May 02, 2021 @09:37AM (#27015173)

I remember India itself violating this as part of pandemic related restrictions last year, when they tried to restrict entry of Indians who were abroad back to India.

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Re:Fines up to $66k or five years prison for Australians ret... by tinus_hn on Sunday May 02, 2021 @02:48PM (#27017758)

The problem with international law is of course that there is no way to enforce it, the states are sovereign. But a state can’t violate them too egregiously and still pretend to be a first world lawful state.

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Re:Fines up to $66k or five years prison for Australians ret... by twobitshifter on Sunday May 02, 2021 @09:32AM (#27015143)

Legally is allowing them to return and fining and imprisoning them the same as not allowing them to return?

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Re:Fines up to $66k or five years prison for Australians ret... by ukie on Sunday May 02, 2021 @11:31AM (#27016107)

Yes, because you're effectively being punished for exercising your right.

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