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Canadians stuck in Nepal left wondering how to return home during coronavirus pandemic

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Canadians stranded in Nepal during the novel coronavirus pandemic have launched a petition to press the federal government for flights home. “We appeal to the Canadian government to urgently help repatriate the many citizens currently stranded in Nepal,” the Change.org petition says.

As of Monday, it had garnered more than 3,400 signatures. Originally from Montreal, Carl Kouri, 47, says he has been in Nepal since October, working on a project with a charity run by another Canadian.

Around March 18, he was on a trek when he heard the news that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was calling Canadians to return home. “Let me be clear: if you are abroad, it’s time for you to come home,” Trudeau said on March 16.

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