Meghan Benton

@meghan_benton

Research Director, INTL and . Tweets and RTs personal. Still dream and spell in UK English except when I need the extra characters.

Washington, DC
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Joined February 2010
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    Jul 22

    Concerns about Delta are muddying the path to reopening travel & borders. My new report sets out four scenarios for the future of global mobility in the next few years. Spoiler alert: none of them takes us back to 2019 🧵 1/

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  2. Retweeted
    Dec 15

    New data from USCIS: USCIS' processing backlog keeps growing & now stands at 8.0 million pending applications! That includes 1.5 million applications for employment authorization. For context, the overall backlog was 5.7 million before the pandemic.

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  3. Retweeted
    Dec 15

    Set to begin in 2022, the European Commission’s talent partnerships are designed to attract foreign talent while building capacity in partner countries What should policymakers do to ensure these efforts benefit Europe, partner countries & migrants alike?

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  4. Retweeted
    Dec 14

    🚨 NEW: U.K. empties the red list Whitehall officials confirm the 11 countries (including South Africa) will be removed from 4am tomorrow. Covid-O meeting happening imminently Ministers accept spread of omicron means restrictions are “pointless”

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  5. Dec 14

    Use travel to create incentives and opportunities for vaccination - instead of using vaccination to divide a stark line between who can and can’t travel

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  6. Dec 9

    Excited to announce a new episode of Moving Beyond Pandemic! I talked to Ian Robinson from and Brendan Ryan of Nomadic about COVID business travel, whether remote work will stick, and which immigration rules are unfit for the modern world of work

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  7. Dec 9

    Great piece in reframes how we think about pandemic mobility mgmt during outbreaks: instead of" keep variants out" (folly), temporarily restrict flows to essential movements to allow for more rigorous testing, quarantine etc.

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  8. Retweeted
    Nov 29

    Yes to every point makes here: 1) If imposing travel restrictions, make them as tight as possible. Leaky restrictions=pandemic theater. 2) Set clear metrics for when restrictions will be lifted/modified. 3) Invest in health/testing infrastructure.

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  9. Nov 12

    Such a privilege to get to pose big questions about migration past, present and future to these two greats - and 's co-founder and President Emeritus. And what a glitzy return to in-person events! But we're online too of course

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  10. Retweeted
    Nov 11

    This is sure to be a fascinating conversation. Tune in Monday!

    We’re delighted that our 20th anniversary conference will feature a sure to be fascinating armchair conversation between Director General António Vitorino & MPI co-founder Demetrios Papademetriou Learn more and register ⤵️
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  11. Nov 8

    This is a great thread and a great piece on the remaining frictions to cross-border mobility. It might be easier to enter the US today, for some groups at least, but these visa backlogs are just astounding

    Today is a day of great joy for so many separated families and friends: US finally lifts the blanket entry ban on 33 countries! But let's not forget: international mobility remains far more restricted than in pre-COVID times. I explain here ⬇️
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  12. Nov 8

    Safe travels to everyone traveling to the US today! May the COVID travel gods smile on you and reduce paperwork, problems and delays

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  13. Nov 1

    This is because quarantine is a recommendation, not a requirement, for US residents. But it would still be good to know if kids are classed as vax/unvax'd - schools follow this guidance! Still many burdens on families trying to see loved ones now that the parents are vaccinated.

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  14. Nov 1

    Example #37 of 'who falls through the gap of international travel rules' = US children! The new CDC vax order allows that unvaccinated foreign visitors under 18 can enter and do not have to quarantine, but still hasn't clarified whether US children traveling from abroad do 1/2

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  15. Nov 1

    This is because quarantine is a recommendation, not a requirement, for US residents. But it would still be good to know if kids are classed as vax or unvax- schools follow this guidance! Still many burdens on families trying to see loved ones now that the parents are vaccinated.

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  16. Retweeted
    Oct 28

    At last! Today, EU Commission decided COVID-19 certificates issued by the UK (and also Armenia) are equivalent to the EU Digital COVID Certificate. As a result, the UK certificates will be connected to the EU system and the UK agreed to accept the EU pass for travel from the EU.

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  17. Retweeted
    Oct 28

    A thread with a few findings from the 2021 OECD International Migration Outlook, which covers flows, stocks, labour market outcomes, policy changes, a special section on fiscal impact of immigrants and another on segregation causes and effect 1/10

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  18. Retweeted
    Oct 27

    In new essay, ’s discusses how countries in the Americas can move beyond border policy to address increasingly complex migration flows & meet new challenges

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  19. Oct 25

    I still think allowing vaccination on arrival (plus quarantine & testing, if relevant) makes sense - airports have the infrastructure for vaccination and San Francisco showed that this is a way to make use of spare doses 5/

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  20. Oct 25

    Proclamation leaves it open for the CDC to set more rules- and these 'may' include that unvaxed travelers 'become fully vaccinated against COVID-19 within 60 days of arriving in the United States', also leaves it open to accept other vaccines not on FDA/WHO list 4/

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  21. Oct 25

    Both paper and digital to be accepted. Based on the chat in this In the Bubble, looks like will the US govt will promote digital verification at state level via Common Trust Framework and smart health cards - also used in Canada 3/

    Early glimpse of future system for verifying vax status of incoming travelers to U.S. - uses Common Trust Framework. More to come on Oct 28th, but CommonCheck reads "a variety of verifiable credential formats" incl. EUDCC and Smart Health Cards in Canada
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