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Now playing Next Travel News Quiz: Can you name the countries that are still closed to travellers? After two and a half years of pandemic restrictions, the world is opening up. But some places are still closed. 27/10/2022
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Now playing Next New Zealand New Zealand welcomes back tourists as pandemic rules eased Tourism has opened to about 60 visa-waiver countries, including much of Europe, more than two years after international tourism stopped altogether. 02/05/2022
Now playing Next Travel News Which European countries are opening their doors to Ukrainians? More than half a million people have fled the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In response, many European countries have opened their borders for refugees. 01/03/2022
Now playing Next United Kingdom Brexit causing higher costs, red tape and delays, says UK report A parliamentary committee paints a less than rosy picture of the Brexit so vaunted by Boris Johnson — and warns that new border controls risk further disruption. 09/02/2022
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Now playing Next Belarus Belarus: Iraqi migrants caught in border tensions fly home 374 Iraqi migrants boarded the first repatriation flight that left Minsk on Thursday amid severe border tensions with Poland. 18/11/2021
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