Countries in the global north with high-ranking passports have enforced some of the strictest inbound COVID-19-related travel restrictions. Photo: Getty, which ranks 199 countries based on the number of destinations that passport holders can access without a prior visa.
“The latest results and research from the Henley Passport Index show how proliferating barriers to entry over the past 18 months of the pandemic have resulted in the widest global mobility gap in its 16-year history,” said investment advisory firm Henley & Partners, creators of the index.
Japan, which shares the top spot on the index with Singapore due to their visa-free/visa-on-arrival score of 192, currently bars almost all foreign nationals from entry. Some experts believe restrictive policies initially introduced to contain the spread of COVID-19 are now being “conveniently applied” to contain mobility from the global south.
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