Why travel bans will not stop the spread of Ebola

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Around the world, international migration from countries in West Africa affected by the Ebola crisis is being restricted. Australia has imposed temporary visa restrictions, most neighbouring countries in sub-Saharan Africa have tried to close their borders, and in the United States, lawmakers are also pressing for travel bans, as well as compulsory quarantine for returning health workers. A number of airlines ? including British Airways ? have stopped flying to the affected countries.

Yet evidence from previous health crises demonstrates that they rarely result in international migration; that travel bans don?t work, and may even be more harmful than the problem they intend to address.


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http://forumblog.org/2014/11/why-travel-bans-will-not-stop-the-spread-of-ebola/