Lin52 et al, get a grip. Indian-origin people flying to India are doing so because their loved ones are either sick or dead. They aren't flying there for fun, for goodness sakes. You and I may not have been able to see our loved ones for yonks, but these folks may not have seen their parents for YEARS. Asians are very family-oriented. They aren't going back so they can party or lie on the beach, unlike the numerous irresponsible Brits who have been going on holiday during the past year, despite the pandemic.
Your harping on and on about Asians and entitlement smacks of prejudice. My doctor and his family are Asian and I know he was forced to fly out as his parents were dying without oxygen, and he was out of his mind with worry (so the receptionist told me). I'm sure he loved them a great deal and just wanted to see them one more time before they passed (and yes, sadly they died). To call that entitlement is pathetic. He was responsible enough to quarantine after he got back - and his family stayed behind in the UK. Oh, and he left LONG before anyone in the world knew how dire the situation in India had become.
We just don't know WHEN these "hordes of Asians" who've been flying out to India actually left the country - clearly it was WELL before we even KNEW about the Indian variant and the ghastly mess that India is in. Had we known about it when they left, they wouldn't have been permitted to fly out or in (and rightly so).
Yes, we should stop all flights to and from India.
But we can hardly blame Indians who flew out BEFORE the tragedy in India came to light.
If anyone flies out NOW they should be stopped, no question.
But please stop blaming people who left BEFORE the awful situation in India was known, and who are simply trying to get back home and to relative safety now (Britain is their home too, you know).
Besides which many of these "plane-loads of Asians" are the ones who are running our NHS and looking after our own Covid patients, placing their own lives at risk.
You might like to chew on that before you criticise an entire community.
DOI: White with many great Asian friends who are far less entitled than most of the white Brits I know.
They don't really care do they
Things you find stressful that other people don't notice.