Experts question legality of measure designed to curb virus spread, as thousands are left stranded overseas.
![Australian families - including Syam Mohan, his wife and their son - have been kept apart for months because of COVID-19 bans on citizens' travel [Courtesy of Syam Mohan]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Syam-option-1-cut-Mohan-and-his-young-family.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Experts question legality of measure designed to curb virus spread, as thousands are left stranded overseas.
![Australian families - including Syam Mohan, his wife and their son - have been kept apart for months because of COVID-19 bans on citizens' travel [Courtesy of Syam Mohan]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Syam-option-1-cut-Mohan-and-his-young-family.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Protests follow last week’s death of 49-year-old woman in cell, the 441st since landmark 1991 royal commission on issue.

Analysis shows ‘minimal preparation’ for return of Rohingya refugees to Myanmar’s northern Rakhine State.

Holding fake funerals or sending their children to China are among the ways Myanmar parents try to provide safety.
![Abductions and forced conscription in Myanmar send youth into exodus [Margarite Clarey/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/c5d067bd6e654e278ea4fb81b9dd1601_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)