Australian couple stranded in Manitoba says they feel abandoned by their government
When Kate and David Jeffries came to Canada in February to visit a sick family member, they never thought they’d still be here 10 months later.
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Kate and David Jeffries are 2 of 36,000 Australians who have been unable to return home during the pandemic
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Posted: Dec 16, 2020 3:44 PM ET | Last Updated: December 17, 2020
Kate and David Jeffries and their 20-month-old son, Mitchell, live in Australia, but have been living in Portage La Prairie, Man., since March because of the pandemic. (Submitted by Kate and David Jeffries)
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Professor Lukman Thalib told relatives that his blood pressure and heart rate had become dangerously low
Professor Lukman Thalib (right) received a teaching award at Qatar University in 2018. He is a public health expert and helped Qatar with its covid-19 response (Supplied) By Published date: 16 December 2020 17:12 UTC | Last update: 3 months 2 weeks ago
The family of an Australian professor held without charge for five months in Qatar say they fear for his life after his alleged ill-treatment in detention.
Professor Lukman Thalib and his son Ismail Talib, both Australian citizens, have been detained in Doha since July.
Their arrests came three months before the US accused one of Thalib s sons, Ahmed Luqman Talib, who lives in Australia, of being an alleged financial facilitator of Al-Qaeda.
TORONTO An Australian family, who was supposed to return home in March, is still stranded in Canada due to Australia s strict entry restrictions amid the COVID-19 pandemic. David and Kate Jeffries, as well as their 20-month-old son Mitchell, arrived in Portage la Prairie, Man. in February to help care for Davidâs mother who had been diagnosed with ovarian cancer. They planned to return to Australia at the end of March, but nine months later, the family remains stuck in Canada. David, who is a permanent resident of Australia, said in an interview with CTV s Your Morning on Tuesday that the family had return flights to Australia booked for March 20. He explained that the Australian government advised on March 17 that citizens should return home as soon as possible.
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