British backpackers are booted out of Down Under: Australian PM orders all foreign tourists home after fury at bad behaviour during coronavirus crisis

UK Daily Mail ^ | April 3, 2020 | Chris Pleasance, Alisha Rouse, and Charlie Moore

[C19fan]

Australia's Prime Minister has told all foreign visitors and students to leave the country now amid fury at backpackers for failing to follow social distancing rules. Scott Morrison said that while those with essential skills - such as visiting doctors and nurses - will be encouraged to stay, it was past time for everyone else to 'make their way home'. It comes after one hostel in Sydney was shut down after police were called to break up a party, while tourists also packed on to Bondi Beach despite warnings not to gather outdoors. There were more than 1million people in Australia on visitor and student visas on December 31 - thought to include tens of thousands of UK and US tourists - though it is unclear how many remain in the country.

[C19fan]

/src on/How xenophobic./src off/

[BradyLS]

Hmm. UK tourists, too? I thought they were all one big, happy family in the Commonwealth?

[xp38]

Nah....they hate the bloody poms....the Queen’s ok though. :)

[RegulatorCountry]

British people on “holiday” have earned a reputation practically worldwide for boisterous drunken melees and bad behavior in general. They have a major binge drinking problem as a group in general, which is apparently only magnified when in a foreign country with nothing else to do.

[uranium penguin]

What a fantastic way to clear out ALL of those people that have overstayed their student visas and become essentially permanent residents!

[Paladin2]

https://www.economist.com/asia/1997/05/22/those-whingeing-poms

[2banana]

Illegal muslims still welcomed?

[reardensteel]

If there was ever a time to clean house, now is it.

[SMARTY]

It’s ‘love/hate’

[Zhang Fei]

[They have a major binge drinking problem as a group in general,]

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Pubs had to close at 11 p.m., which meant pub-goers drank themselves silly to meet the closing deadline. No idea if the closing hours are what they used to be, but that’s the explanation I heard, back in the day.

[marktwain]

This is sad.

[Vaduz]

Foreign visitors told you go home now.

[Zhang Fei]

[This is sad.]

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I agree. Any bar that closes at 11 p.m. is a poor excuse for one.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

We don’t want them here. Send them to China.

[Anti-Bubba182]

Maybe necessary, but it will kill the tourism business.