Ukrainians traveling west this summer still need visas. Kiev had hoped that the EU would scrap the requirement at the Eastern Partnership summit in Riga in May, but Brussels balked.
“We are not creating a fortress,” said Fabrice Leggeri, executive director of Frontex, the Warsaw-based EU border agency.
He’s right. The border is not closed, just difficult.Last year over 1.35 million Schengen visas were issued to Ukrainians, third only to Russia and China, according to the European Commission.
The EU has been liberalizing its visa regime with Ukraine, but despite improvements, Ukraine still falls short of required standards to drop them entirely. That …read more
Source: European Voice
