[Link] ‘Meltdown’ at UK passport renewals forces travellers to cancel Easter breaks

Read: 10/4/2022 www.theguardian.com

Travellers are being forced to cancel Easter travel bookings because of a backlog at HM Passport Office which is delaying renewals. Some passengers have been left hundreds of pounds out of pocket because their new passports failed to arrive before their departure date.

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[Link] WHO Names New Variant Of Concern ‘Omicron,’ U.S. Issues Travel Ban

Read: 26/11/2021 www.vice.com

The U.S. and Canada are banning and restricting travel from southern Africa after the World Health Organization named a new, potentially more infectious COVID-19 variant that’s been spreading in the region.  On Friday the WHO announced the new B.1.1.

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[Link] Doctors say Flight Centre should ‘pull its head in’ after legal threat to WA borders

Read: 8/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

Medical professionals have lashed out at Flight Centre’s threat to launch legal action against the Western Australian government’s ongoing border restrictions, calling on the company to “pull its head in”.

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[Link] Howard Springs quarantine facility expected to reach capacity for overseas arrivals for the first time

Read: 8/8/2021 www.abc.net.au

Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt has told Parliament the facility would reach capacity for repatriated Australians in the coming weeks.

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[Link] Australians who live overseas now unable to leave country if they return for visit

Read: 7/8/2021 www.theguardian.com

The Australian government has quietly expanded its ban on Australian citizens leaving the country to include people who are ordinarily residents in another country, meaning that even people who live overseas may not be allowed to leave Australia.

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