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simplymarryabroad · 2 years

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Here at Marry Abroad Simply, One of the reasons that we started Marry Abroad Simply was to help couples that have met, fell in love and have wanted to start a new life together, but need that all important marriage certificate, or the couples that have been together for years and have decided to officiate their relationship, those international couples who want to share their lives together but really don't know where to start and moreover the best place to get married in Europe.

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strandedaustralian · 3 years

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So you’re thinking of moving to/visiting Australia? Don’t.

The international media has largely depicted Australia’s COVID response as something to be envied. You could be forgiven for being in awe of a country with low cases of COVID (if you can put aside the fact that they are geographically isolated, which already gave them a leg up in their ability to manage the pandemic). But are you aware of the costs of this response?

Do a quick search on Google, Facebook, or Twitter for #strandedaussies and you will find that this country that prides itself on ‘mateship’, on not turning their backs on their friends, on looking out for each other when times are at their absolute roughest, was the first and only country in the world (now recently joined by New Zealand) to abandon their citizens overseas for 19 months (and counting), blocking off their ability to return home and rendering them jobless, homeless, without visas and healthcare, still having to pay taxes in Australia, and for some, even leading to death and suicide. All the while, non-citizen celebrities, sports people, and politicians moved in and out of the country freely.

So what does this have to do with future tourists and migrants to Australia? Thinking of moving to Australia? Don’t. Unless you enjoy the idea of never seeing your overseas family again, or enjoy saying your last goodbyes as they die via Zoom. While it was always harder for people to enter Australia than it was to leave, Australia recently increased the requirements needed to leave - effectively trapping people within Australia. There were many stories of people being who, upon being told that their family overseas had suffered tragic events and had weeks (at most) to live, had their exemptions to leave Australia denied. Even though it was brought up time and time again that people leaving Australia does not impact COVID rates within Australia. Or they were unable to get their parents and family members into Australia for important events - births, sicknesses, deaths. You can search for #parentsareimmediatefamily to see the advocacy work of thousands of Australians within Australia who could not bring their parents into the country because the government did not consider parents close enough family to be allowed into the country (although, mind you, Natalie Portman was able to bring her parents into Australia). Many Australians took for granted that they could see their family and have their support networks throughout the pandemic. This was an unprecedented event that was taxing in every way possible; support networks were more important than ever. And so many migrant families were cut-off from this vital source of support when they needed it the most.

Thinking of studying in Australia? Don’t. You can also look up #internationalstudentsaustralia to see the thousands of students left in limbo overseas for 19+ months as they continue to pay educational fees, have their studies forcibly terminated by Universities, and pay rent on student housing they can’t live in. Several students have died by suicide as they cannot see a way back into Australia. Universities rely a LOT on international students to make them what they are, to add to their prestige and their global standings. They have been forgotten and ignored during Australia’s COVID response. You are brilliant, and you deserve better than Australia.

Thinking of visiting Australia? Don’t. From a moral standpoint - why financially support a country that treats its own citizens like trash? But it didn’t just treat citizens like trash, it treated anyone living outside of Australia as a COVID-carrying biohazard. The government, the media, and the public dehumanised them, vilified them, abused them, actively told them to “die overseas”. They called for the international borders to slam shut entirely, to cut themselves off from the world. Until, of course, their small business and tourism started to falter and they necessarily needed to open up international borders and suddenly beg tourists (the exact same people they had abused not a moment ago) to come and revive them. Demand better from Australia and vote with your money. I have hope that, one day, Australia will be a more ethical country, one that you would be proud to visit and financially support. But its current behaviour should not be condoned.

So yes, they kept their COVID cases low. But their response was an extreme end on the opposite spectrum to those governments that had incredibly high COVID cases and a lot of deaths. There is a middle ground needed. However, the majority of the Australian government and public did not think a middle ground existed - they believed it was better to sacrifice their overseas citizens, their migrant families, their overseas workers, and their international students for an indeterminable amount of time, while onshore Australians soaked in the glory of being considered globally to have ‘the best COVID response’. They hosted the Australian Open, countless American/British/global celebrities, packed stadiums full of sporting spectators the entire way through the pandemic, and held comedy and music festivals - all things they considered were worth more than the lives and wellbeing of others. They called said people who had family overseas weren’t “true Australians”, they called stranded Australians “traitorous mutts” for having the audacity to leave the country, and they actively wished death on all those outside of Australia’s borders - all while ignoring the fact that these overseas connections are what makes Australia what it is. The key theme running through this post is: if it happened once, it can happen again. At any time in the future, Australia may ignore and infringe upon your human rights. The government and public decided that their freedoms and their frivolity were worth more than human life. Now they want your tourism dollars, your brightest students, your highly skilled migrant workers back. Australia does not deserve your money, your skills, your love; it does not know how to love in return. The relationship with Australia is one-sided. I hope one day it will change but for now, I implore you to #boycottAustralia.

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vignettepause · 2 years

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Some quick shots of my first week living in Switzerland. Glorious sunshine, reunited with my love and a few misadventures in the grocery store!!

Follow my adventures on Patreon!

https://www.patreon.com/SianniUch_VignettePause

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francescawood4 · 3 years

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After multiple covid test, several flights (including a very long one) and 2 weeks in Aruba, I finally made it to the USA 🥰 summer with my partner ❤️💜

#loveisnottourism #loveisessential #love is a human right

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i-really-should-change-my-url · 4 years

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EVERYONE THIS IS ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS IN THE WORLD PLEASE HELP HER EVEN IF IT'S JUST BY REBLOGGING

#i-really-should-change-my-url-original #help #loveisnottourism #LGBT #PLEASE REBLOG #she deserves the world

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chloek3 · 4 years

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News conference about why and how we should expend the definition of immediate family for the exemptions on travel ban. Available in English and French.

If foreign hockey players are deemed essential, and the partners of those hockey players are ALSO deemed essential, why aren’t partners and adult children of Canadians also exempt from the travel ban?

Is it because hockey players have a very good quarantine plan? Yes, they do, of course, but why couldnt our partner and adult children go through this same or even a more vigorous plan?

Is it normal that a mother on her death bed had to die alone because her adult children were not allowed into Canada? Is it normal that a young lady battling cancer cannot have her fiancé by her side to support her through it? Is it normal that a breastfeeding mom has to be separated from her child because of closed borders?

Faces of advocacy is fighting, not to open up borders, but to have exemptions for serious partners and adult children of Canadians.

We’ve been told that the problem lies in defining what a ‘serious’ relationship is. Meanwhile, so many countries have already defined it, why not define it in a similar way?

Join Faces of advocacy on Facebook or visit their website to learn more.

@allthecanadianpolitics

#loveisnottourism #loveisessential

#canpol #politics #loveisnottourism #loveisessential #love is not tourism #love is essential #faces of advocacy #facesofadvocacy

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worldsofme · 3 years

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We never put a name on it.

like it wasn't official but my friends kept asking what we were and I didn't want to answer them. So I just wrote this and sent it to them, this is it

"My friends just love asking what we are and all I think about are nights spent in your room and all I can say .... I had him for a moment then I didn't, I wasn't what he wanted, anyways don't got a name for it. I had him for a moment and I LOVED it, wasn't long but it feels like it was something there's no way to it and I don't know what to call it, but at least I got moments"

#ldr #lovestory #college #writers on tumblr #writing #loveisnottourism #quoteofday #love qoute

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kminek-dla-dziewczynek · 3 years

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My God.

I'm going to London in three days. I'm going to see my boyfriend... After 6 months.

Love is the most important thing in life, this one week will be more important and deeper for me than the last year of my life before I met him

#N #personal #loveisnottourism

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proust2000 · 4 years

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Oggi abbiamo provato a portare un po’ di colori e cuoricini in centro a Milano! Tanta bella gente accomunata da una situazione dolorosa in tempo di Covid.

Tanti i curiosi e le persone che si sono fermate a chiedere cosa facessimo e chi fossimo, nessuno e dico nessuno è stato scortese e tutti hanno sostanzialmente dato ragione alle nostre richieste dicendo che sono sacrosante!

È stata una gran cosa che ci ha scaldato il cuore. 🥺🥰♥️♥️♥️

#loveisnottourism

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#loveisnottourism #loveisessential #loveisnottourismitaly

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faffie-and-nik · 3 years

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Torn apart due to coronavirus

#loveisnottourismindia #loveisnottourism #loveisessential

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simplymarryabroad · 1 year

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Getting Married In Denmark - Marry Abroad Simply

Weddings are one of the most important parts of our lives, thats why many people plan destination weddings to make them more beautiful and unforgettable. But to make your dream wedding day come true, you must find a beautiful location that comes within your budget. That's why many people choose to get married in Denmark rather than other places and thankfully Marry Abroad Simply Agency make the procedure very simple and easy.

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strandedaustralian · 3 years

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So proud of the stranded Australian community in London making a stand and taking to the media over the weekend. 18 months into the COVID pandemic and things have only deteriorated for the Australian citizens still abandoned by their country across the world.

Arrival cap numbers into Australia are now the lowest they have ever been. Singapore Air has stopped flying into Australia entirely, resulting in mass cancellations. Stranded Australians have reported experiencing up to 14 flight cancellations since Australia implemented its cruel arrival caps. Of course, that hasn’t stopped thousands of non-citizen sports players, elite business people, and celebrities being allowed in without issue.

This is a problem resulting from every level of government, across the political spectrum. Both left and right wing politicians at federal and state levels have failed stranded Australians.

Every day I log onto Facebook and look at the dozens of stranded Australian groups from around the world. I see dozens of messages of people desperate and hopeless. For the last 18 months, I have seen people post about having flights cancelled, about having to watch their loved one die or their funeral via Zoom because they can’t get a flight back into Australia, about being told by the Australian embassies in their country that they can’t help them and they should go find a homeless shelter, about contemplating ending their lives because they can’t find a way out. I watch these brave people tell their stories to the media, trying to find a grain of empathy or consideration for human rights in the Australian Government. Sometimes the media pressure helps and they get a prioritised flight home. But they do so at the cost of incredible abuse by the Australia public. Maybe the tide is starting to change over the last few months, but you look at the comments section of any news footage or article about stranded Australians and they are filled with hateful words, of xenophobia, of a complete lack of empathy that runs counter to the so-called ‘mateship’ lauded by this country.

The “success” of Australia’s pandemic response was based on the sacrificing of it’s citizens, of it’s human rights, of it’s morals. Stranded Australians are exhausted but they continue to fight. As a former stranded Australian myself, I fight alongside you.

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vignettepause · 2 years

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For anyone who is interested, here is my brand new Patreon baby. Where I will write about my experiences and adventures as an Australian newly moved to Switzerland, learning new languages, getting married and love during Covid, my creative passions and inspirations as well as my life in general. Plus lots of photography of beautiful Swiss landscapes!!

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anonyme452 · 3 years

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It doesn't make sense how slowly the attendance is taking to do her job

How slowly the cake is taking to bake

How slowly the time is taking to bring you back to me

#longdistancelove #long distance relationship #love poem #love #art #aesthetic #writing #writers on tumblr #female writers #tumblrgirl #tumblr poetry #tumblr poems #artists on tumblr #time #loveisnottourism

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mylongdistancecovidrelationship · 3 years

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Teil B11: Grausame Welt

Liebe Natascha,

In der Schule hatte ich mit meinem Partner telefoniert, er hatte nochmals bei der Botschaft angerufen und um eine bessere Antwort ersucht. Ich stand kurze Zeit später mit meinen zusammengesteckten Scherben wieder in der Küche. Taub, nicht da, versuchte nicht zu weinen. Drei vier Stunden würde ich schon durchhalten... Ich bekam nichts mehr mit.

Als ich kurze Zeit später das Heulen nicht mehr unterdrücken konnte, bin ich heim. Morgen wäre ein neuer Tag. Heute ging nichts mehr.

Ich wollte Antworten. Also rief auch ich (nur heulend) die Botschaft an. Eine nette Dame, die keinerlei Info bot, meinte lediglich, wir sollen noch heute Remonstration einlegen.

Das kannte ich von Bekannten. Remonstrationen konnten Wochen dauern. Danke. Aber natürlich würden wir das tun. Und mit mehr Beweisen, weiterem Schreiben, um klar zu zeigen, wie ernst es war. Nicht, dass denen einfiel, wenn wir nicht remonstrierten, dass ihr Urteil recht war.

Selten war ich so am Boden zerstört verzweifelt.

Ich rief beim Arzt an. Vielleicht würden sie mir schreiben, dass ich am Ende war und dass konnte ich der Botschaft vorlegen. Was für Ideen einem so kommen.

Eine Freundin fing mich und mein emotionales Chaos auf. Wir telefonierten und sie bot an, nach dem Arzttermin bei ihr vorbeizukommen. Gute Idee. Ablenkung war wichtig...

Part B11: Cruel world...

Dear Natascha and everybody,

I called my partner, before going back to work. He had a talk with the embassy, but he wasn’t lucky with getting an information. I was so numb, tried not to cry. Three or four hours until I could go home. I would stand it - not. I couldn’t keep my tears back and so I left. Tomorrow would be another day...

I needed answers. We assumed, maybe the embassy would be nicer or more helpful with Germans calling. So I called them, too. (Just while crying) But she couldn’t give me any answer ot this llady didn’t want to. I don’t know. She told me the same as she told my partner. Remonstrate.

But I knew this from others, how well remonstrations are working... It could take weeks. But of course, we would do anything! With more proof, with more of us!

I was soo fucking desperated... So I called my doctor. Maybe she could write in a letter how depressed I was because of these people. It would be a good proof of how real all was. (You got ideas, my dear... :D )

A friend talked to me on phone to help with my emotional chaos. And she offered to go see her after my appointment at the doctor. Good idea. distraction was important.

#long distance #longdistance #long distance relationship #long distance romance #relationship #covid relationship #corona relationship #natascha #liebe natascha #dear natascha #Corona #fernbeziehung und corona #covid #Fernbeziehung #loveisessential #love is essential #loveisnottourism #love is not tourism #my long distance covid relationship

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williamsblog1 · 3 years

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#loveisnottourism #philippines #TouristInPhilippines #YouTube #PhilippinesAirlines #travel #traveler #tumbler #manila #Boracay #Filipino #pinoy #filipina

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