The EU noted Ukraine’s unresolved problems with justice and security.
This evaluation is valid for all countries with weak visa-free travel / REUTERS
according to work assessment liberalized visa regime Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy and Slovakia “Ukraine remains a matter of concern”.
This is stated in the document available to the editorial office. radio liberty.
This is an assessment of visa-free travel with countries in the Western Balkans, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine, related to the EU’s fourth report on the weakening of visa arrangements with these countries, which was published in August 2021.
Austria called the visa waiver mechanism “an apparently effective tool”: “drawing attention to the phenomenon of Austrian Bangladeshi nationals entering the Western Balkans with a legally valid visa and from there entering the EU illegally”. wants. This needs to be further evaluated.”
read alsoThe United States has reacted to the “red lines” of the Kremlin in relations between Ukraine and NATOThe European Union, in particular, is concerned about the increase in the number of asylum applications in Moldova. Although the number of asylum seekers from Ukraine needs to be monitored “to a lesser extent” than Georgia and North Macedonia, according to Brussels, he is concerned about the general visa-free regime.
“In general, Ukraine remains a cause for concern. More specifically, these are indicators related to justice and security, as it appears that even in the years after the abolition of the visa regime, problems in the region persist, The text of the document quoted Radio Svoboda.
The European Union is convinced that the accepted national law does not fully apply to Ukraine.
“Therefore, given the continuing lack of compliance with the road map in this direction, we can consider alternatives that should be considered if we do not introduce a mechanism to suspend the visa-free regime for Ukraine. Would like to,” – said in a statement from the Belgian side.
At the same time, Belgium adds that such an assessment is valid for all countries with weak visa-free travel. According to Brussels, the visa exemption mechanism has so far “failed to prove its usefulness.”
Visa-free travel to Ukraine and the EU
On June 11, 2017, the Council of the European Union implemented a decision to introduce a visa-free regime for short-term travel of Ukrainian citizens to 30 EU countries and the Schengen Area. They should not seek asylum or try to find employment. This would be a violation of European law. In addition, Ukrainians must prove the purpose of their travel to travel to the European Union.
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