Nearly 5 billion people are not yet fully vaccinated against Covid-19.

Nearly 5 billion people are not yet fully vaccinated against Covid-19.

Portugal has the best vaccination rate of any major country, while Burundi only received its first few hundred doses in October 2021. Explore the data in this interactive graph.

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Isabelle Roughol
Travel & free movement
The last freedom

The last freedom

As borders slowly reopen, immigrants and expats won’t soon forget that our freedom of movement is conditional, our lifestyle only tolerated

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Isabelle Roughol
Essays
039 | Anne Lekas Miller | The US reopens to foreign visitors*

039 | Anne Lekas Miller | The US reopens to foreign visitors*

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Isabelle Roughol
Podcast episodes
New travel rules: Brits can go play around the world... but the world is not welcome here

New travel rules: Brits can go play around the world... but the world is not welcome here

Only those vaccinated by the NHS will be spared quarantine in England. Changes once again fall short for transnational families.

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Isabelle Roughol
Essays
Is travel from amber list countries dangerous? A look at the data.

Is travel from amber list countries dangerous? A look at the data.

Are travel restrictions commensurate with the public health risk? Or are they a mildly xenophobic bit of security theatre?

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
Travel & free movement
Yes, Europeans are being turned away at UK borders. Not all Europeans though.

Yes, Europeans are being turned away at UK borders. Not all Europeans though.

Four out of five EU nationals refused entry to the United Kingdom since Brexit are from Eastern Europe.

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Isabelle Roughol
Immigration & asylum
027 | For transnational families, lockdown has no end

027 | For transnational families, lockdown has no end

The UK is reopening, but not transnational families. Visiting friends or relatives abroad is the second most frequent reason for foreign travel. It's about one in four trips out of the UK, twice the volume of business travel. Travel restrictions have reduced these trips to a trickle. For millions who

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Isabelle Roughol
Podcast episodes
PSA: International travel isn't just about holidays

PSA: International travel isn't just about holidays

International travel restrictions stop a lot more than holidays. Millions have been separated from loved ones abroad for a year or more. Episode 27.

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Isabelle Roughol
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