Goodbye, cruel world: visas for holidays after Brexit?

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Series Details 25.04.16
Publication Date 25/03/2016
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On the 24 April 2016 Dominic Raab, Justice Minister and a senior figure on the Leave side in the EU referendum debate in the United Kingdom, suggested that the UK might want to introduce visas for EU citizens after Brexit, and accepted that UK citizens might be subject to visa requirements for visits to the remaining EU in turn.

Steve Peers is critical of this suggestion and says that ' the idea of short-term visa requirements after Brexit is utterly and profoundly stupid. It is by no means a necessary consequence of Brexit, and would cause the maximum possible damage to UK businesses and the ordinary lives of British citizens who seek to visit the EU after Brexit, with little or no security benefit in return'.

Source Link http://eulawanalysis.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/goodbye-cruel-world-visas-for-holidays.html
Related Links
ESO: Background information: EU visa policy: A dash for growth? http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-visa-policy-a-dash-for-growth/
ESO: In Focus: Brexit - The United Kingdom and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/brexit-the-united-kingdom-and-the-european-union/
The Guardian, 24.04.16: Britons may need visa to visit Europe post-Brexit, says justice minister http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/apr/24/britons-may-need-visa-to-visit-europe-post-brexit-says-dominic-raab
Blog: Open Europe, 18.05.16: Call for clarity on EU citizens living abroad http://openeurope.org.uk/impact/business-groups-have-asked-uk-to-explain-position-in-event-of-brexit/

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