And some people were complaining about AU restricting passengers from India
14 May 2021 (abc.net.au)--->
Repatriation flight seats left empty after Australians test postive for COVID-19 in India
About half of the seats on a repatriation flight set to leave India will be left empty after Australians tested positive for COVID-19.
The flight had a capacity of just 150 passengers, due to social distancing restrictions, but more than 70 will be unable to fly. That includes more than 40 people who tested positive for COVID-19. Close contacts of people who tested positive will also be unable to fly. The flight will be the first to leave India bound for Australia since the federal government imposed a ban last month.
There are about 10,000 Australians, permanent residents and their immediate family members seeking to return home from India.
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NZ only allows citizens and immediate family to return. Not PR's.