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Moreover, it’s not just democracies that let their citizens return home; almost every country in the world allows citizens and permanent residents to return. For a few countries, such as Eritrea, no information about entry or exit restrictions was available.
Israel halted both incoming and outgoing flights at Ben-Gurion International Airport on January 26 to prevent the entry and spread of new coronavirus variants. Since then, people have only been able to return on special “rescue” flights, and only if their entry was approved by the Transportation Ministry’s exceptions committee due to special personal, medical or humanitarian considerations.