Hello CC and ABB readers.
As of midnight tonight New Zealand will be in Stage 4 lock down.
There are serious concerning consequences to this, including short term travelers who have had to change flight / airlines due to cancellations and having no where safe as such to stay for self quarantine.
Hostels have people coming and going and no one knows who those people may be interacting with.
ABB Hosts in private homes used to be able to cater for these people who are feeling quite alienated and lost, helpless and in despair.
Today I meet a young French lady from Brittany, Camille, who had just arrived in Auckland after her 12 months in Australia and was due to have 12 months in New Zealand on a working holiday visa.
Due to all the flight cancellations she has had 2 airlines cancel on her, Qatar & Etihad airlines, and is flying out again to return to France, all going well on Friday.
This is due to all the disruption that those who generated this nightmare that started in Wuhan, China in November last year.
I told her it's a blessing in disguise not to be traveling with either of those airlines as a number of corona virus cases reported in New Zealand travelers have been on those 2 airlines.
The disruption to innocent people going about their lives is criminal.
What are our Governments doing to ensure those who have created such world wide disruption to our lives are held to account under International Human Rights Laws?
May I suggest we all start to ask questions of our Politicians what steps they have taken, and are going to take to ensure those behind the despicable and inhumane acts are held to account.
Take care, stop and ask people who are on their own if they are Ok and show compassion to those who one may see wandering with back packs or luggage - at a reasonable distance of course.
We are all someone's child, family member and friend and so are those who may be on our shores.
There are Camille's all over the world who may well be walking in the same shoes.
To our Governments who have imposed Lock Downs, please spare a thought for these people , who could be your own child, and make sure they have somewhere safe to stay.
They are our "Hidden Homeless"