As top tennis stars descended on Melbourne for the upcoming tennis grand slam, many Australians questioned the decision to host the tournament when thousands of citizens are stranded overseas due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Australia has halved the number of people who can return to the country each week as positive coronavirus cases in hotel quarantine rise, prompting airline Emirates to indefinitely suspend flights to Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, Reuters reported.

Australians criticised the government on social media, questioning how it could make room for 1,200 tennis players and their entourages for next month’s Australian Open, but not its own citizens.

“If you want to come to Australia during a pandemic you have to be a sports star, movie celebrity or a billionaire media tycoon,” said user Daniel Bleakley on Twitter, using the hashtag #strandedAussies. “Citizenship and an Australian passport alone are not enough.”