The United Arab Emirates (UAE) said on Saturday that it would ban its own citizens from travelling abroad unless they are fully vaccinated. The travel ban will come into force on January 10, 2022, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced via the official WAM news agency.
The ban will only apply to Emirati citizens who only account for around 11 per cent of the UAE’s total population. The country’s majority expat community will be still be allowed to freely travel abroad regardless of vaccination status
In a statement, the National Emergency Crisis and Disasters Management Authority said the travel ban was the result of the current surge in COVID-19 infections globally but officials did not say whether the restrictions on unvaccinated citizens might be lifted in the future.
Eligible Emirati citizens will need to have received their booster shot to be considered fully vaccinated.
Foreign tourists do not need to be vaccinated to visit the UAE but must take a PCR test and have a negative certificate before departing for the country. Rules differ slightly between the emirates and unvaccinated travellers might be required to quarantine, although no such restriction applies in Dubai where most tourists visit.
In recent weeks, the UAE has applied travel bans on foreigners who have been in a number of African countries over Omicron fears. The UAE has not yet followed in the steps of the United States, the United Kingdom and much of Europe in easing restrictions on African countries despite the now global spread of the Omicron variant.
Again with the “expat”. They are immigrants. Enough with the white privilege.
Are you ok? They are expats, live with that.
Never. Live with that racist.
No one cares if you like this word or not. It is there and people use it all over the world. You have a very racist set of mind. Happy new year.
Expatriate: someone who lives outside of their native country
Immigrant: someone who comes to live permanently in another country.
There are expats of all colours in the UAE. Most of the expats here are SE Asian actually as well as a big population from many African countries etc. You have obviously heard a buzz phrase on SJW Twitter that you’re gonna use to get some brownie points without actually knowing any facts.
Educate yourselves: https://youtu.be/u8qNhz83940
So you’re just ignoring the fact that people of all races and colours are considered expats here? As if a random video of some guy sharing his opinion proves anything 💀