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Taiwan welcomes Philippines decision to lift travel ban @ 2020-02-16T08: 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.
ON FEB. 13, IT DELAYED ITS LAUNCH OF THE TAOYUAN-CEBU ROUTE ON MARCH 29 UNTIL JUNE 12, BECAUSE OF THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT"S BAN ON TAIWANESE TRAVELERS ENTERING THE COUNTRY AND FILIPINOS TRAVELING TO TAIWAN, DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS EPIDEMIC.
THESE TRAVEL BANS INTRODUCED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP HAVE PROVED TO BE HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL AND HAVE PROVOKED WIDESPREAD ANGER BOTH IN THE US AND ABROAD. THE FIRST BAN PREVENTED NATIONALS OF SEVEN MAJORITY MUSLIM COUNTRIES FROM VISITING THE US FOR 90 DAYS. IT ALSO PREVENTED ENTRY OF SYRIAN REFUGEES INDEFINITELY AND STOPPED ENTRY OF OTHER REFUGEES FOR 120 DAYS. BECAUSE OF CONTINUING LITIGATION TRUMP HAD TO INTRODUCE VARIOUS NEW VERSIONS OF THE 「TRAVEL BAN」. THERE IS NOW A NEW BAN THAT PREVENTS LONG TERM IMMIGRATION MAINLY FROM AFRICAN COUNTRIES.
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.
TAIPEI, FEB. 14 (CNA) THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT ON FRIDAY DECIDED TO LIFT ITS TRAVEL BAN AGAINST TAIWAN FOLLOWING AN INTERNAL DEBATE, CAPPING OFF A WEEK OF UNCERTAINTY OVER THE FATE OF TRAVEL TIES BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES AMID THE CORONAVIRUS EPIDEMIC.
THE US CORONAVIRUS TRAVEL BAN COULD BACKFIRE. HERE"S HOW
THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT HAS EXTENDED ITS TRAVEL BAN ON PEOPLE WHO HAVE TRAVELLED THROUGH CHINA BY ANOTHER WEEK, SCOTT MORRISON HAS ANNOUNCED.
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.
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.
THE CITY OF SAN FRANSISCO IS THE LATEST TO DELIVER A BLOW TO THE SOONER STATE, BANNING CITY-PAID TRAVEL TO OKLAHOMA, CITING LAWS THAT PROTECT AND ENSURE THE RIGHT OF AN UNBORN CHILD’S LIFE. SAN FRANCISCO’S BAN, WHICH APPLIES TO ANY STATE THAT BANS ABORTION BEFORE A FETUS REACHES VIABILITY, ALSO INCLUDES 21 OTHER STATES, INCLUDING TEXAS AND EIGHT OTHERS THAT ARE ALREADY ON THE STATE’S TRAVEL BAN.
THE LOGIC OF A TRAVEL BAN SEEMS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD: KEEP PEOPLE FROM TRAVELING IN AND OUT OF AN AREA WHERE THERE』S A DISEASE, AND FEWER PEOPLE WILL GET IT. BUT SCIENCE SHOWS THAT IT ISN』T THAT SIMPLE: A 2014 ANALYSIS OF MULTIPLE STUDIES BY WHO SHOWED THAT TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS DO LITTLE TO STOP THE SPREAD OF FLU OUTBREAKS. THIS APPLIES TO ACTIONS LIKE CANCELLING CONFERENCES, TOO. FOR EXAMPLE, A STUDY OF THE 2009 FLU PANDEMIC, WHICH BEGAN IN MEXICO, FOUND THAT AIRLINE TRAVEL BETWEEN THE U.S. AND MEXICO DECLINED BY 40% —MOSTLY VOLUNTARY, BUT THAT REDUCED TRAVEL HAD VIRTUALLY NO IMPACT ON THE SPREAD OF THE FLU.
IN A 『BILL OF COMPLAINT』 LAWSUIT FILED EARLIER THIS WEEK, TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL KEN PAXTON, ON BEHALF OF HIS STATE, FILED SUIT AT THE U.S. SUPREME COURT AGAINST THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ALLEGING THAT A TRAVEL BAN BY CALIFORNIA』S GOVERNMENT PREVENTING TRAVEL BY ITS WORKERS ON STATE BUSINESS TO TEXAS IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
THE RACISM AT THE HEART OF TRUMP』S 『TRAVEL BAN』
TRUMP TRAVEL BAN, PART II
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.
COLOMBO, SRI LANKA — THE U.S. GOVERNMENT ON FRIDAY ISSUED A TRAVEL BAN SRI LANKA"S ARMY CHIEF, SAYING THERE IS "CREDIBLE INFORMATION OF HIS INVOLVEMENT" IN HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS DURING THE FINAL PHASE OF THE ISLAND NATION"S CIVIL WAR THAT ENDED 11 YEARS AGO, SECRETARY OF STATE MICHAEL R. POMPEO SAID.
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.
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.
THE OUTBREAK HAS SICKENED NEARLY 10,000 PEOPLE, MOSTLY IN CHINA, AND KILLED MORE THAN 200. A FEW COUNTRIES HAVE RESPONDED BY IMPOSING FULL OR LIMITED TRAVEL BANS. THE PHILIPPINES, FOR INSTANCE, HAS BANNED TRAVEL FROM THE CITY OF WUHAN, THE EPICENTER OF THE OUTBREAK. COUNTRIES INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS, MONGOLIA, AND SINGAPORE HAVE BANNED ALL TRAVEL FROM CHINA.

 

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