Western Australia: Covid-19 Hard Border Causing Hardship

Strict restrictions imposed by the Western Australian government since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic on people entering the state are causing undue hardship for families, Human Rights Watch said today. The government should make more exceptions for compassionate cases, prioritize family reunions, provide greater transparency about the approval process, and provide clearer explanations to people who have been refused permission to return to their home state.

Read more: https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/10/28/western-australia-covid-19-hard-border-causing-hardship