Combating coronavirus: Dubai Police reunites British student with family in UAE

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Dubai - Psychology student Emily Sutton found herself stuck in Liverpool for six weeks when air travel restrictions kicked in due to the coronavirus pandemic.

By Web Report

Published: Mon 11 May 2020, 10:00 PM

Last updated: Tue 12 May 2020, 7:20 PM

Dubai Police have reunited a British student with her family in the UAE after she was stranded in the UK.
Psychology student Emily Sutton found herself stuck in Liverpool for six weeks when air travel restrictions kicked in due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Her family reached out to UAE authorities for help - and they responded by getting Emily back into the country within a week.
An emotional video posted by Dubai Police shows Emily's parents waiting eagerly for her at the Dubai International Airport, and greeting her at long last from a safe distance.
Her mother Jenny Sutton expressed her deep gratitude to Dubai Police for their humanitarian response to the family's plight and for overseeing the safe return of her daughter to the UAE.
"I'm extremely happy that my daughter has come home to Dubai. We've had so much help and support from all the authorities. I can't even express how happy I am. I want to cry," she said.
Emily has been placed in mandatory quarantine at a hotel to ensure the safety of herself as well as her family.
She said, "I'm really happy to be back home. I've lived here for 12 years. The Dubai police have been really helpful. It's been very easy, and they've helped me through the whole process, so I'd just like to say thank you."
The UAE has been undertaking several such humanitarian missions to assist stranded residents abroad.
Most recently, they were able to successfully reunite Australian expat Lindsey Summers with her nine-year-old son Luca, who'd gotten stuck in Sydney for over two months.
Dubai residents British national Mark Hill and his Italian wife Chiara Maion were also able to reunite with their two-year-old baby after they got stranded in South Africa due to the air travel restrictions.