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To play devil's advocate on this one... the flights were open to Australians, Australian permanent residents and their immediate family members. For all we know, that lady was an immediate family member of an Australian or Australian permanent resident and it may therefore be completely valid for her to recognise Lebanon as "her" country. Even if she was an Australian, then there's no saying she didn't emigrate from Lebanon and therefore still feel a sense of belonging to her country of birth.On the community radio news today on our way to lunch they interviewed a woman on one of the QF flights. Asked her if she was happy to got out of Lebanon.
Her answer was I don’t know. I have had to leave my home, my family and my country so I am not happy.
So why does she deserve a free ticket to Australia when she doesn’t recognise it as “her” country.