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BREAKING: Philippines lifts COVID-19 travel ban vs Taiwan @ 2020-02-15T00: Back Hot News
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THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PANEL VOTED ALONG PARTY LINES IN FAVOUR OF ADVANCING THE "NO BAN ACT", WHICH WAS INTRODUCED AMID WIDESPREAD OUTRAGE OVER TRUMP"S TRAVEL BAN. THE MEASURE NOW MOVES TO THE FULL HOUSE.
MANILA/TAIPEI (REUTERS) - THE PHILIPPINES WILL LIFT A TRAVEL BAN IT HAD IMPOSED ON VISITORS FROM TAIWAN IN A BID TO CONTROL THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS, A SENIOR PHILIPPINE OFFICIAL AND TAIWAN’S OFFICIAL NEWS AGENCY SAID ON FRIDAY.
THE POLICY IS IN PLACE BASED ON THE GOVERNMENT-IMPOSED TRAVEL BAN TO AND FROM MAINLAND CHINA SINCE FEB. 5, THAT BARS TRAVELERS WHO HAVE VISITED CHINA OVER THE PAST 14 DAYS FROM VISITING OR TRANSITING IN INDONESIA, AND ALSO HALTS THE PROVISION OF VISA-FREE AND VISA-ON-ARRIVAL FACILITIES FOR CHINESE CITIZENS.
CALIFORNIA BANNED TAXPAYER-FUNDED TRAVEL TO ALL BUT TWO TARGETED STATES FOR THEIR ACTIONS TO PROTECT RELIGIOUS LIBERTY. CALIFORNIA ADDED IOWA AND NORTH CAROLINA TO THE TRAVEL BAN FOR BUCKING THE LGBT POLITICAL AGENDA ON SEX-REASSIGNMENT SURGERY AND PUBLIC RESTROOM USE, RESPECTIVELY.
AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES COUNT COST OF CORONAVIRUS TRAVEL BAN
THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT HAS EXTENDED ITS TRAVEL BAN ON PEOPLE WHO HAVE TRAVELLED THROUGH CHINA BY ANOTHER WEEK, SCOTT MORRISON HAS ANNOUNCED.
FILIPINO WORKERS STRANDED IN MANILA ASK WORLD COURT TO OVERTURN DUTERTE』S HONG KONG TRAVEL BAN
THE US CORONAVIRUS TRAVEL BAN COULD BACKFIRE. HERE"S HOW
AND WHILE TRAVEL BANS ARE FREQUENTLY USED TO STOP THE SPREAD OF AN EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASE, A NEW UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON AND JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY STUDY OF PUBLISHED RESEARCH FOUND THAT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TRAVEL BANS IS MOSTLY UNKNOWN.
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION PROVOKED ANOTHER INTERNATIONAL OUTCRY WHEN IT ANNOUNCED LATE LAST MONTH THAT IT WAS ADDING SIX NEW COUNTRIES TO ITS LIST OF NATIONS THAT FACE BROAD TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS TO THE UNITED STATES: ERITREA, KYRGYZSTAN, MYANMAR, NIGERIA, SUDAN AND TANZANIA. THE EXPANSION OF THE TRAVEL BAN, WHICH PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP FIRST ISSUED AS AN EXECUTIVE ORDER JUST DAYS AFTER HIS INAUGURATION IN JANUARY 2017, WILL TAKE EFFECT ON FEB. 22.
THAT MORNING, ON FEB. 2, PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE OF THE PHILIPPINES HAD ANNOUNCED A TEMPORARY TRAVEL BAN THAT BARRED FLIGHTS ARRIVING FROM MAINLAND CHINA, HONG KONG AND MACAU. AT THE AIRPORT, OFFICIALS TOLD MS. DORINGO THAT THE BAN ALSO APPLIED TO FILIPINO TRAVELERS GOING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.
TAIWAN HAS MADE IT CLEAR IF THE BAN IS NOT LIFTED THEY WOULD PLAN COUNTERMEASURES AGAINST THE BAN, TAIWAN IS GOVERNED ENTIRELY SEPARATE FROM CHINA ON AN ISLAND BUT THE BEIJING CLAIM TAIWAN AS THEIR OWN LAND, WHO HAS CATEGORIZED THEIR VIRUS IN THE SAME BRANCH WITH CHINA AND THUS MANY COUNTRIES HAVE BANNED THE TRAVEL OR PUT HEAVY RESTRICTIONS ON TAIWANESE CITIZENS.
TRUMP TRAVEL BAN, PART II
THE RACISM AT THE HEART OF TRUMP』S 『TRAVEL BAN』
LAST FRIDAY, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION EXPANDED ITS 2017 TRAVEL BAN — WHICH RESTRICTED IMMIGRATION FROM SEVEN MUSLIM-MAJORITY COUNTRIES — TO INCLUDE SIX MORE COUNTRIES, INCLUDING NIGERIA, AFRICA』S MOST POPULOUS NATION. WHILE THIS NEW POLICY HAS SUSPENDED NIGERIAN PATHWAYS TO PERMANENT IMMIGRATION TO THIS COUNTRY, INCREASED SCRUTINY WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON TEMPORARY VISITORS TO THIS COUNTRY TOO.
ON FEBRUARY 1, 2020 TRUMP SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER BANNING ALL FOREIGN NATIONALS FROM ENTERING THE US WHO HAD BEEN IN CHINA. THE ORDER CAME INTO EFFECT AT 5PM ON FEBRUARY 2, 2020. TRUMP HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF 『PANICKING』 BY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AFFECTED BY THE TRAVEL BAN.
THE EFFORTS TO TAMP DOWN ON VISITORS FROM THOSE COUNTRIES WITH A TRAVEL BAN COINCIDED WITH EFFORTS WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATION TO LOWER THE NUMBER OF REFUGEES ADMITTED TO THE UNITED STATES. MUSLIM REFUGEE ADMISSIONS HAVE FALLEN MORE THAN ANY OTHER GROUP. VISITORS AND IMMIGRANTS FROM COUNTRIES TARGETED BY INITIAL VERSIONS OF THE BAN HAVE ALSO DROPPED, ACCORDING TO DATA.
ISSUED HIS FIRST TRAVEL BAN THREE YEARS AGO — COMMONLY CALLED THE 「MUSLIM BAN」 BECAUSE SIX OF THE TARGETED COUNTRIES ARE PREDOMINANTLY MUSLIM — MANY AMERICANS TOOK TO THE STREETS. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION REVISED THE BAN SEVERAL TIMES AS IT WORKED ITS WAY THROUGH LEGAL CHALLENGES IN FEDERAL COURT. ON JUNE 26, 2018, THE U.S. SUPREME COURT UPHELD THE THIRD ITERATION OF THE ORIGINAL TRAVEL BAN.
LOCAL NIGERIAN CATHOLICS STUNNED BY NEW TRAVEL BAN

 

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