HIV Justice Network news release
Research presented by the HIV Justice Network at AIDS 2026 reveals that HIV-related travel restrictions are no longer disappearing, but instead they are evolving. Updated global data show that 49 jurisdictions continue to impose HIV-related migration restrictions, with many now embedded in immigration systems rather than explicit entry bans, raising concerns that decades of progress may be stalling or even reversing.
Despite decades of advocacy and major victories in dismantling HIV-related travel restrictions, the HIV Justice Network latest analysis shows that discriminatory barriers continue to affect people living with HIV who wish to travel, work, study or settle abroad. Rather than relying on explicit HIV entry bans, many governments now embed HIV-related restrictions within broader immigration, labour and public administration systems, making them less visible, and often more difficult to challenge.
Read the full news release here.
Source : HIV Justice Network
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