Parents grieve daughter who took her own life after being refused entry twice to visit family in WA

The face of Australia's border closure cruelty: Young woman takes her own life after being refused entry to WA to see her parents - before the grieving couple were dealt another devastating blow

Robin Nicole D'Argent took her own life after being denied entry into WA twice
Beauty consultant suffered PTSD and depression while she was living in Sydney
Her grief-stricken parents have hit out at Western Australia's tough border rules
They believe Robin would still be alive if she could have visited family in Perth

Published: 21:01 GMT, 20 December 2021 | Updated: 00:33 GMT, 21 December 2021

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The heartbroken parents of a young woman who took her own life after being denied entry into Western Australia to see her family have spoken out against the cruel border closures that prevented their reunion.

Gillian and Alain D'Argent have revealed the ongoing pain they suffer having not been able to comfort their daughter Robin, who had been struggling with post-traumatic stress and depression.

The beauty consultant, 31, was refused entry into Perth in October and November of this year, after she moved to Sydney to start a new chapter in her life.

While interstate and away from her parents, Robin was professionally diagnosed with mental health problems, and after being prevented from reuniting with family she took her own life on December 1.

Gillian and Alain D'Argent (pictured) have revealed the ongoing pain they suffer having not been able to comfort their daughter Robin, who passed away on December 1

WA has remained tightly closed to areas it defines as Covid hotspots, recently slamming its door on NSW residents after the state was deemed an 'extreme risk'.

Robin's grief-stricken parents believe their daughter would still be alive if not for Mark McGowan's harsh border measures.

'We believe that if she had been able to come through to Perth on a holiday we could have changed the situation,' Mr D'Argent told 9News.

In a cruel twist, the couple are now stranded in Sydney and unable to enter WA themselves after they flew east to organise their daughter's possessions and collect her ashes.

The D'Argent's have also been knocked back twice by WA authorities in their attempts to obtain G2G passes and bring Robin home.

'Absolutely devastated, it's an extra stress that you've got on you that you shouldn't have, it's become a more stressful situation,' Mr D'Argent said.

The grieving father told Perth's 6PR radio that they had only received Robin's ashes and death certificate on December 16, making it almost impossible to get a flight back before the border slammed shut two days later.

Robin's grief-stricken parents believe they would still have their daughter if not for Western Australia's tough border rules which denied entry to their daughter (middle) twice

The beauty consultant, 31, (pictured) was refused entry into Perth in October and November of this year, and experienced PTSD and depression while living in Sydney

'It's not like we've come to Sydney for a holiday, we have come to deal with our daughter's death which is traumatic enough, and we can't even get home and try to start a life with the knowledge that our daughter's no more with us,' he said.

The couple have since experienced a break-through in their plight to return to Perth after being granted a last minute travel exemption on Monday night.

The D'Argent's will be forced to grieve the loss of the daughter while undergoing 14-day hotel quarantine in Perth across the Christmas period.

Friends and family took to social media to send messages of support to the grief-stricken parents, one saying Robin went 'too early in life'.

'I miss you and love you so much. I wish I could turn back time,' one of the beauty consultant's friends wrote on Facebook.

Premier Mark McGowan on Friday announced he would lock out Queenslanders for Christmas amid rising Covid case numbers and fears of the Omicron variant.

The WA Premier declared the Sunshine State as 'medium risk', meaning travellers must have an exemption to enter and isolate for two weeks upon arrival.

The D'Argent's will be forced to grieve the loss of the daughter Robin (pictured) just days out from Christmas, while undergoing 14-day hotel quarantine in Perth

Tasmanians will also now have to self-isolate for 14 days in WA with the state now dubbed 'low risk', however they will not need an exemption.

Mr McGowan had already on Wednesday locked out NSW residents, deeming the entire state 'extreme risk' as Covid infections continue to soar.

Under the 'extreme risk' criteria, travellers from NSW will not even be able to enter WA even for compassionate reasons and exemptions will only be granted to certain government and specialist workers.

The measure will come into effect from midnight on Saturday, hampering travel plans for Australians hoping to spend Christmas on the west coast.

The Northern Territory has been deemed low risk, South Australia medium risk and Victoria extreme risk, meaning every interstate visitor will have to quarantine upon entry into WA.