Rose, a 40-year-oldwoman in Manila, long beaten up by her husband, finds her predicament markedly worsen as thecovid-19 lockdownleaves him at home most of the time. A widow in rural Kenya is driven from her house by her late husband’s relatives, who want to claim it for themselves. An Australian doctor is unable to return home when the government makes it a criminal offence for anyone to enter there from India, where she has been visiting family. None of the victims feels she has anywhere to turn. The Philippine and Kenyan police are not interested. And there was nowhere to appeal against Australia’s immigration ban.
This article appeared in the International section of the print edition under the headline “Overruled”
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