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Rescue flight lands in Perth carrying Afghanistan evacuees including Australians and interpreters
ABC News Australia ^ | 8/20/2021 | Keane Bourke, Jessica Warriner

Posted on 08/19/2021 6:24:42 PM PDT by Nextrush

A group of about 100 evacuees who fled the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan are in hotel quarantine in Perth after arriving in Australia overnight.

The evacuees were on a chartered aircraft that landed in Perth about 1:30am, following a 10-and-a-half-hour flight from Australia's military base in the United Arab Emirates...

Dozens of police officers were on hand to manage the passengers transfer to the Hyatt Hotel in Perth's CBD for 14 days of quarantine.

Many officers were seen wearing full PPE, including face shields and disposal overalls.

A number of floors at the hotel had been set aside for their arrival.

Adults and children were seen walking into the hotel, all wearing masks and gloves...

(Excerpt) Read more at abc.net.au ...


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; coronavirus; covidquarantine; covidrestrictions
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To: Sequoyah101
The afghanis won’t know what to do at the Hyatt in Perth. Toilets? What are these?

Well even Crocodile Dundee didn't know what a Bidet was.

21 posted on 08/19/2021 6:53:31 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Nextrush

May they all go swimming in the National Park.


22 posted on 08/19/2021 7:03:00 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: Dogbert41

Rout them up the Birdsville track.


23 posted on 08/19/2021 7:03:18 PM PDT by spokeshave (White Confederate statue kills black man......Another month of protests.... (HT to seawolf101))
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To: gcparent

Some had citizenship apparently and there were government officials accompanying them definitely Aussies.


24 posted on 08/19/2021 7:03:39 PM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODYS BUSINESS, REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: dfwgator

That’s false advertising. I never saw anyone Down Under drinking Fosters. All I saw was Victoria Bitter.No joke!


25 posted on 08/19/2021 7:20:25 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Balloting)
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To: Gay State Conservative

I know, Australians think Fosters is Kangaroo Piss.


26 posted on 08/19/2021 7:22:54 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Vaquero

By phone, I spoke to my local hospital just yesterday. My appointment was verified by an Australian. I recognized the accent, and thought to ask what he thought about Sydney and COVID. But I thought better of it.


27 posted on 08/20/2021 3:38:53 AM PDT by Does so (The USA is run from 2446 Belmont, (Kalorama), NW, DC. Why else the 9/11 deadline for Afghanistan?)
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To: Nextrush

The entire country is in lockdown and the first thing the do is bring Afgani into their country?


28 posted on 08/20/2021 7:42:12 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: cgbg

There will be endless Netflix movies about it.


29 posted on 08/20/2021 8:46:09 AM PDT by miserare ( Respect for life--life of all kinds-- is the first principle of civilization.~~A. Schweitzer.)
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