COVID-19’s impact on migration

COVID-19 travel restriction measures

Using the WMR 2022 interactive platform, explore the COVID-19 restrictions tab to respond to the following questions.

  1. In March 2020, how many countries implemented international travel measures?

Fewer than 100
More than 150
About a dozen

  1. Describe the types of international travel restrictions that countries implemented the most.

  1. In what month did border closures peak?

  2. In what month did majority of countries drop total border closures?

May
December
August

  1. Examining IOM COVID mobility data, what is the relationship between travel restrictions and health-related measures?

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