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News Articles: travel ban

Jacqueline Muna Musiitwa, left, and her mom, Anne Sikwibele, at the airport in Lusaka, Zambia, in November. Musiitwa, who lives in Washington, D.C., is worried that her mom may not be able to visit the U.S. for Christmas. In an effort to stem the spread of the omicron variant, several nations have imposed travel bans on southern African nations, which are in a state of flux.

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Opinion: I want my mom to see her grandkids for Christmas. Travel bans make it tough

Jacqueline Muna Musiitwa was planning for her mom to fly from Zambia to the U.S. for Christmas. Ever-changing travel bans are making it seem like a holiday dream that won't come true.

December 09, 2021
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By:
  • Jacqueline Muna Musiitwa
Maria Van Kerkhove, a top World Health Organization official on COVID-19, speaks at a news conference in July.

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  • World

The omicron variant has been found in 24 countries

More should be known about the transmissibility and severity of the new variant in "days, not necessarily weeks," a senior World Health Organization scientist says.

December 01, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in August. He called on Western nations on Sunday to scrap travel restrictions placed on southern Africa to stem the spread of the omicron variant. "The prohibition of travel is not informed by science nor will it be effective in preventing the spread of this variant," he said.

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  • Africa

African leaders condemn travel restrictions as omicron variant spreads globally

African nations are bristling at the restrictions imposed on them by rich countries — and say they are harmful to local economies and discriminate against countries in the region.

November 30, 2021
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
People line up to get on the Air France flight to Paris at OR Tambo's airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Friday. The United States, Israel and other European nations have already imposed travel restrictions on South Africa and other nations in the region.

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  • Global Health

As omicron spreads, studies suggest that travel bans alone don't do much good

Public health experts warn that the rush to impose travel bans on southern African countries after the omicron variant was identified can work against scientific transparency.

November 29, 2021
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram,
  • Emma Bowman,
  • and 1 more
Left: Anwar Alsaeedi stands with his children, Nada, 9, and Mazeen, 6, in the Yemeni capital Sanaa. Right: Hatem al-Showaiter with his daughter in Djibouti, when his daughter was three and half years old. She is now aged seven and half.

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  • World

Some Yemenis Struggle For U.S. Visas Even After The End Of The Travel Ban

Yemenis who won the diversity visa lottery were stopped by the Trump administration's travel ban. Now they've had to start applying all over again. "Our lives have been destroyed," says one man.

May 24, 2021
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By:
  • Ruth Sherlock and
  • Nada Homsi
Pamela and Afshin Raghebi celebrate a birthday together. Afshin, who was born in Iran, has been stuck overseas, away from his U.S. citizen wife, for more than two years after he flew abroad for an interview at a U.S. Consulate as part of his green card application.

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  • National

Legacy Of President Trump's Travel Ban Will Be Hard For Biden To Erase

President-elect Biden plans to end the Trump administration's travel ban on Muslim-majority countries on Day 1. But immigrant advocates say the lasting effects of the policy will be harder to undo.

January 20, 2021
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By:
  • Joel Rose
On January 31, 2017 around 7000 protesters gathered in downtown Minneapolis to denounce Republican President Trump and express solidarity with immigrants.

Chris Richardson: Leaving Diplomacy For Immigration Law

Shortly after President Donald Trump signed the immigration ban, thousands of state department employees issued a dissent cable to Rex Tillerson....

July 16, 2018
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott and
  • Summer Evans

On Second Thought For Wednesday, July 5, 2017

First, the City of Atlanta plans to raise the minimum wage for city workers to $15 an hour. Following a national trend, Atlanta is the first such place...

July 06, 2017
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By:
  • Celeste Headlee ,
  • Emily Cureton ,
  • and 3 more
Mohamoud Saed, a refugee from Somalia, helps out in a friend's clothing store in Clarkston, Ga. He was a doctor in Somalia before he fled the nation's civil war, anxiously awaits the arrival of his wife and children while struggling with kidney issues.

What Does Partial Travel Ban Mean For Georgia?

Parts of President Trump’s travel ban went into effect last week, but the change might be temporary. The U.S. Supreme Court lifted an injunction on the...

July 05, 2017
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By:
  • Celeste Headlee and
  • Sean Powers
left to right: (Chris Chauncey, Sana Hajizadeh, Leah Fleming)

Tapping In To Georgia's Refugee Workforce

Today is World Refugee Day, a day recognized by the United Nations in 2001. Resettling in a new land can be difficult for refugee families, so one...

June 20, 2017
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By:
  • Leah Fleming and
  • Taylor Gantt
At Al-Farooq Masjid of Atlanta, On Second Thought intern Olivia Reingold talks with Jeff Sadiq, a board member at  Al-Farooq Masjid in Atlanta.

Mosques In Georgia Open Doors To Educate About Islam

Muslims are a mystery to many Americans. And to some, they are targets. In recent weeks, several Atlanta-area mosques have received death threats ....

March 14, 2017
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By:
  • Olivia Reingold
Muhtar Kent, the CEO and chairman of Atlanta-based Coca-Cola, says the travel ban is contrary to the company's core values and beliefs.

Implications Of Travel Ban On Georgia's Economy

A federal appeals court upheld a stay on President Trump’s executive order that temporarily bans travel to the United States for refugees and people...

February 10, 2017
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By:
  • Sean Powers

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