Aussies share heartbreak of being 'trapped' overseas

 When nurse Angie Newman rushed back to the UK in July to see her sick parents for what she thought might be the final time, she never imagined she'd still be there.

Mrs Newman has spent $21,000 on flights, but she and her daughter Jess, 15, remain unable to get home to Wollongong, NSW.

She is a permanent Australian resident having emigrated nine years ago, and Jess, who is a citizen, are among thousands of Aussies fighting to get back to the country after leaving during the pandemic.

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