The Australian High Commission in the UK has deployed teams to meet with Australian passengers and find unused seats on available flights
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Teams of Australian diplomats are being deployed to Heathrow airport to help stranded Australians who have been forced to camp at the airport.
According to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, there are now more than 25,000 Australians overseas who have registered an intention to return home, but who cannot access flights due to the government’s strict international arrival caps.
