Western Australia: Covid-19 Hard Border Causing Hardship

Click to expand Image A Covid-19 signage is seen at a vehicle checkpoint on the Pacific Highway on the Queensland - New South Wales border in Brisbane, Australia, April 15, 2020. © 2020 PATRICK HAMILTON/AFP /AFP via Getty Images (Perth) – 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…

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