Quote Originally Posted by adahar View Post
Governments are not naturally occurring institutions, they are elected by a contract of indulgence with the people. They are paid by the people and therefore are accountable and responsible to the people.

If they institute rules and regulations for the common good which disadvantage some of its citizens they are duty bound to provide compensating assistance.
Duty bound? No mate, more like public opinion bound. As in, if they do not reach out and help save some stranded Aussie cricketers in India, public opinion may turn against them and they might end up losing too many votes because of that. Or it could happen the other way around, they help the cricketers and end up earning the ire of the majority of the voting public because most people here don't want to import the virus. The government is just another political party, the only difference is they're currently in power, so they will do whatever it is they think will help them cling to power.

That's pretty much the only thing guiding them in situations like this. There's no law that says a government of a country must always help their own citizens get home.