family working abroad

I understand there will be exceptions fingers crossed ?

I can see it’s difficult but what do you think would be an alternative? Who should the exceptions be? How many exceptions would create a risk for everyone?

I work abroad and can't come back be sure of the quarantine. It IS devastating but we all have to think of the greater good. If the UK keeps making exceptions, it will never get on top of the virus.

Hopefully I will be able to come back in a couple of months. But if not, I will have to deal with it. And unfortunately Cath, so will your son.

Not be sure, because

agree with last two.

There probably is no use to him coming back if he cannot be with family but I'm sure he is not alone and we are living in different conditions. Until we get the virus under control there will be many people affected in many ways and none are more important than others.

Best to stay where he is

But will he even be able to stay where he is!

Why does he ‘need’ to leave where he is Cath .Do you mean that he wants to in order to return to his family?

When my brother worked in Kuwait he worked 8 weeks on and 4 weeks off , but he didn’t have to leave the country each time .

Well we don’t know where he is coming from
From what I ve read it will only be those coming from certain countries, but of course this could change so without knowing where he’s coming from we can’t really answer this (well we can’t anyway really)

Each government (however bad) is trying to keep the lid on this virus so surely however uncomfortable, it has to be adhered to

Would his employer pay for his hotel in quarantine? Or would they say that he is not forced to travel home, so it is his own choice?

I think this is quite a big problem.

There is an item on the BBC news www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55802514 about the plight of seamen, who work to a six month /7 day week contracts and then have a long leave. For some reason they are not considered key workers,like lorry drivers, even though 90% of global trade goes by sea and many have been trapped on their ships for months past their contracts with ho end in sight.

It is easy to be brave and self-sacrficing, when it is not your family, and I take my hat off to GagaJo, who is in that position, but, with due respect, being reasonably well housed on land is very different to being stuck on a ship endlessly travelling, like the Flying Dutchman.

I do think seafarers and similar should be treated like their onland equivalens, lorry drivers.

Thanks all for your replies which I am most grateful for especially after searching for at least an hour to try and find my topic on this website!
I understand what most of you have pointed out about the difficulty of pleasing everyone, I certainly would not like to be a politician while this virus is going around as they are there for politics not health issues. I am just hoping that they may accept some countries and one being Mali where there are not that many covid cases especially where he works which is miles from anywhere.

It is his wife I am more concerned about as she is from Tanzania, a very positive clever young lady who went away to school and has a University degree. Fortunately she has now a British Citizenship but would so love to be back in Tanzania where the families look after each other no matter what age. Also my son does not like the UK, so they are really only living here for their children's education.

While the other one is at the other end, having a great life in NZ, so what have I done to make them want to tear off and be as far away as poss from me!

Cath

I’m sure they don’t want to be away from you cath.

Some people just crave adventure and living in different areas.

As far as exceptions go, there are so many now, that quarantining really is for the best.

Cath9 ... While the other one is at the other end, having a great life in NZ, so what have I done to make them want to tear off and be as far away as poss from me!

Cath, you obviously did a great job of bringing up a couple of kids with the confidence, and abilities, to get out there and make a good life for themselves. My husband and I were fortunate enough to do the same, many years ago, and now, our kids are off doing the same in other far flung places! We miss them, and we can no longer visit them, due to lockdowns and quarantines. It must be very difficult for your son & his family, but we will all get through this!