Irish grandparents deported

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Irish grandparents to be deported from Australia after being met by ... (Irish Mirror)

Anne and Audie Ryan-Murphy, who are grandparents of an Irish family currently living in Australia, were met by border patrol officers and detained at a Hyatt ...

Both admitted to being unvaccinated and said they were not in possession of a travel exemption - which is required for entry in this case. The point of their trip was to see their son and daughter-in-law and to finally meet their granddaughter after Covid-19 prevented any foreign passengers from arriving in Australia for over two years. Both passengers were questioned for ten hours and insisted they were completely unaware of the requirements that remain in place down under.

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Irish grandparents deported from Australia for not having Covid-19 ... (Sunday World)

The Irish grandparents of an Australian family who had flown to Perth to meet their granddaughter have reportedly been deported after they arrived without a ...

Recent rule changes have seen the end of Covid restrictions and mandates across the country. Will [my daughter] even get to meet them?” Heaney said. “Under the guidance of a travel agent at home they did everything they were asked to do, weeks’ worth of paperwork and waiting on approvals.” “We told on all the forms that we were unvaxed.” After a 19 hour flight from Ireland, Anne and Audie Ryan-Murphy touched down on Monday in the Western Australian city where the unvaccinated pair were interrogated for 10 hours before being locked in a hotel. Anne and Audie Ryan-Murphy touched down on Monday in Perth where the unvaccinated pair were interrogated for 10 hours before being locked in a hotel

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Australia deports unvaccinated Irish grandparents (The Times)

An Irish couple who were deported from Australia after arriving to visit their new granddaughter said they were unaware government rules required them to be ...

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Unvaccinated Irish grandparents deported from Australia after 19 ... (Extra.ie)

The Irish grandparents of an Australian family are being deported after arriving in the country without being vaccinated for COVID-19.

‘We are expecting our second baby to be born any day now with an induction booked for May 4, if she doesn’t arrive before,’ Karl said. The couple had timed their arrival to help their son and his wife, who are preparing to welcome their second child into the world. He said that both he and his parents were expecting that they would have to enter hotel quarantine because of their vaccination status. They were set to meet their granddaughter for the first time and believed they had the right approvals for the long-awaited family reunion. ‘Under the guidance of a travel agent at home they did everything they were asked to do: weeks of paperwork and waiting on approvals.’ The pair were questioned for ten hours and have since been detained at the city’s Hyatt Hotel while they await their deportation to Ireland.

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Unvaccinated Irish Couple To Be Deported From Australia After ... (Paddle Your Own Kanoo)

An unvaccinated couple from Ireland has been deen detained by the Australian Border Force and are to be deported from the country because they failed to ...

Airlines have complained about trying to enforce the myriad of pandemic-related travel rules that can quickly change with little or no notice. Like many countries, Australia requires airlines to act as gatekeepers, ensuring that visa requirements are checked before allowing a passenger to board. Instead, applicants must provide “clear and specific evidence” they meet a narrow list of exemption categories.

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