Category: travel restrictions

Tragically, US Travel Restrictions Remain in Place

Commentary The Information Age, for all its wonders in the vast and instant access to any topic imaginable, is really quite a paradox. Accessible information should ideally lead to greater knowledge and understanding. Yet, information is not always true or accurate, causing confusion and misleading recipients. Journalists and news organizations, therefore, bear a duty to their…


How the Bureaucracy Wrecks International Travel

News Analysis Like all truly great bureaucracies, unelected U.S. government staff members revel in adhering to nonsensical, inefficient procedures to create some semblance of order and limit autonomous decision-making. When it comes to U.S. international travel policy, President Biden’s bureaucratic army has come out in full force to accomplish absolutely nothing and avoid all responsibility….


Rights Group Fighting to Continue ArriveCAN Lawsuit Argues App Possibly ‘Not Legally Required’

A constitutional rights group is fighting to keep alive its legal challenge against the federal government’s ArriveCAN mandate, after the government said the issue is moot because the policy requiring mandatory use of the app has since been lifted. In response, the group argued that the lifting of the policy has no bearing on the…


Canada Extends COVID Restrictions for Travellers From China, Hong Kong, Macau Until April

Canada is extending the COVID-19 restrictions for travellers from China, Hong Kong, and Macau that were set to expire on Feb. 5, citing the need to protect the health-care system and concerns about the lack of scientific data from Beijing despite a “dramatic increase” of cases in the country. Last December, the government announced temporary pre-boarding…


Public Health Agency Claims Mandatory ArriveCan Saved Travellers Time

A Public Health Agency report submitted to a House of Commons committee says that the mandatory ArriveCan app travellers were required to use when entering and leaving Canada, under threat of fines if they didn’t, saved travellers “about five minutes” at border crossings. “ArriveCan was a necessary component of Canada’s measures to prevent the introduction and…


‘Extremely Irresponsible’: Expert Warns China’s Border Reopening Amid COVID Surge May Trigger Global Pandemic Resurgence

A health expert has sharply criticized the Chinese regime’s lifting of international travel restrictions in the midst of a massive COVID wave sweeping through the country, saying the move is “extremely irresponsible” and could cause a global resurgence of the pandemic. The National Health Commission announced on Dec. 26 that the country would end all…


Liberal MP Calls for ‘Comprehensive Review’ of His Government’s Response to COVID-19 Pandemic

A Liberal MP wants a “comprehensive review” of his government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, as more “accountability and transparency” are needed to answer to Canadians when it comes to implementing measures that affect the whole nation. “We need a greater level of accountability and transparency. And so in this case, we need the health…


Which European Countries Are Open for Restriction-Free Travel?

By Lacey Pfalz From TravelPulse Spain became the latest European country to drop its vaccine requirement to enter the country, allowing unvaccinated travelers to enjoy visiting, too — though all travelers will be required to test negative prior to arrival. This prompts the question in many minds: Which countries in Europe don’t have any pandemic-related…


England’s COVID-19 Travel Curbs Were Imposed Without Overall Assessment: Report

The UK government did not conduct any overall assessment of the impact of its COVID-19 travel restrictions during the CCP virus pandemic, a new report has said. All travel restrictions were dropped on March 18, weeks after the UK government scrapped all domestic legal restrictions in late February. In its latest report published on April…


Heathrow Airport On Hiring Spree as Traffic Rises, Restrictions Lessen

London Heathrow Airport, which is seeing a spike in passenger numbers, plans on hiring more employees ahead of the upcoming summer holidays as government restrictions are lifted and people are eager to travel again following the pandemic lockdowns. The airport saw 4.2 million passengers in March 2022, the highest monthly total since the COVID-19 pandemic…