Hot News

Lesson learned: Taiwan travel ban hit for being hasty, ill-advised @ 2020-02-18T00: Back Hot News
Keyword:travel ban
Concept:
WITH THE FIRST TRAVEL BAN UPHELD BY THE US SUPREME COURT, THERE ARE FEW RECOURSES LEFT TO CHALLENGE THE POLICY. ADVOCATES ARE HOPING A DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT WILL IMMEDIATELY REPEAL THE BAN AND HAVE ALSO RECENTLY RENEWED THE PUSH FOR CONGRESS TO PASS THE NO BAN ACT, WHICH WOULD END THE BAN AND PREVENT DISCRIMINATORY IMMIGRATION POLICIES.
THE CHINESE CONSULATE IN NEW ZEALAND HAS EXPRESSED ITS DISAPPROVAL OF THE TRAVEL BAN AND SAID IT SHOULD BE LIFTED FOR ALL CHINESE NATIONALS, WHO COULD SELF-QUARANTINE ONCE THEY ARRIVED IN THE COUNTRY INSTEAD. THE BAN WAS NOT IN LINE WITH WHO RECOMMENDATIONS, THE CONSULATE SAID.
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.
BUT CLAIMS THAT ONE SHIP TRIED TO CIRCUMVENT AUSTRALIA"S 14-DAY TRAVEL BAN TURNED OUT TO BE INCORRECT, TRADEWINDS HAS LEARNED
THE EXTENSION OF THE TRAVEL BAN COMES AT A DELICATE TIME FOR INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL AMID A CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK IN CHINA. THE ADMINISTRATION ALSO ANNOUNCED ON FRIDAY THAT MOST FOREIGN CITIZENS TRAVELING FROM CHINA WOULD BE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED ENTRY IN THE UNITED STATES.
IT IS A DRAMATIC EXPANSION OF TRUMP』S PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS TO BAR MUSLIMS AND OTHER FOREIGNERS. YET THIS TIME, THE MAIN VICTIMS ARE AMERICAN CITIZENS. UNLIKE THE PREVIOUS TRAVEL BANS, THIS NEW RESTRICTION DOES NOT APPLY TO REFUGEES, STUDENTS, TOURISTS, OR VISITORS COMING UNDER TEMPORARY VISAS. BUT IT WILL PREVENT NEARLY ALL PARENTS, CHILDREN, WIVES, HUSBANDS, AND OTHER ELIGIBLE RELATIVES OF US CITIZENS FROM APPLYING FOR A GREEN CARD. THE NEW TRAVEL BAN WILL HURT MORE THAN 336,000 NATURALIZED US CITIZENS, WHO WON』T BE ABLE TO REUNITE WITH RELATIVES LIVING ABROAD.
THE US CORONAVIRUS TRAVEL BAN COULD BACKFIRE. HERE"S HOW
FURTHERMORE, A TRAVEL BAN NOW WOULD PROBABLY INCUR LIMITED REPERCUSSIONS FROM CHINA. THE PRESIDENT COULD ARGUE THAT SOUTH KOREA KEPT BORDERS OPEN LONGER THAN MANY OTHER NATIONS AND THAT THE TRAVEL BAN WOULD BE ONLY TEMPORARY. GREATER ASSISTANCE TO CHINA COULD BE OFFERED WITH FEWER MEDICAL WORKERS NEEDED TO COMBAT THE VIRUS AT HOME. AND WITH ITS MANY QUARANTINES AND BANS ON TRAVEL WITHIN ITS BORDERS, CHINA MUST CERTAINLY BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND A KOREAN TRAVEL BAN.
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.
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 BANK ALSO SAID IT IS MAINTAINING AN OUTRIGHT BAN ON ALL TRAVEL TO MAINLAND CHINA.
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.
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 AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT HAS EXTENDED ITS TRAVEL BAN ON PEOPLE WHO HAVE TRAVELLED THROUGH CHINA BY ANOTHER WEEK, SCOTT MORRISON HAS ANNOUNCED.
THE RACISM AT THE HEART OF TRUMP』S 『TRAVEL BAN』
FOR FRIENDS OF NIGERIA, NWAUBANI MAKES THE IMPORTANT POINT THAT NIGERIANS BLAME THE TRAVEL BAN ON THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT, THAT OF MUHAMMADU BUHARI, RATHER THAN PRESIDENT TRUMP. IT IS NIGERIA』S FAULT THAT IT DID NOT IMPLEMENT NECESSARY SECURITY PROCEDURES AND THEREBY AVOID THE BAN. NWAUBANI NOTES THAT WHEN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCED THE BAN, THE BUHARI GOVERNMENT IMMEDIATELY APPOINTED A TASK FORCE TO ADDRESS THE BAN』S CRITICISMS AND GET NIGERIA REMOVED FROM IT. WHY THE LETHARGY UP TO THEN? THE ANSWER IS NOT CLEAR, BUT THE SIMPLE LACK OF BUREAUCRATIC CAPACITY LIKELY PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE.
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.
TRUMP TRAVEL BAN, PART II
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.

 

88iv | Home |  Login
Mobile | Full
Forum rule | About Us | Contact Info | Terms & Conditions | Privacy Statment | Disclaimer
Copyright (C) 2025
Suntek Computer Systems Limited.
All rights reserved