The Serbian Foreign Ministry expressed a verbal protest to Australian Ambassador Daniel Emery in connection with the “inappropriate attitude” of the Australian authorities to the first racket of the world, Novak Djokovic. Previously, he was not allowed to enter Australia for the Australian Open, and then he was placed in a hotel where refugees are kept.
The Serbian department claims that the deputy head of the Serbian Foreign Ministry, Nemanja Starovic, told the Australian ambassador that he expects “personal efforts” from him so that Djokovic was allowed to wait for a court decision “in the conditions of placement corresponding to the athlete of his rank.”
According to Starovich, there is a feeling that Djokovic became “a victim of political games and he was lured to Australia in order to humiliate him.” At the same time, it turns out that one of the most stellar athletes in the world is treated in Australia as if he was a criminal, terrorist or illegal migrant.
On the night of January 6, it was reported that Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic would not be able to play in the Australian Open tournament, as he had not passed passport control at Melbourne airport. Border guards drew attention to the visa of Djokovic and his team. The documents presented by the delegation do not provide for entry into the country with a medical withdrawal from vaccination against COVID-19. The documents were received from the government of the Australian state of Victoria. However, the state authorities disowned the medical treatment that was given to the tennis player.
Now, if the athlete loses the appeal, he will be expelled from the country where he flew to participate in the Australian Open. The hotel where the athlete was accommodated is currently holding at least 46 refugees. At the same time, there is graffiti on the facade of the building. They say that the people in the hotel are kept in inhuman conditions.
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