On Wednesday 14 March, the European Commission proposed to reform the EU’s common visa policy to make it easier for legitimate travellers to obtain a visa to come to Europe, and to strengthen security measures in order to prevent abusive use of visas. In this regulation, however, the Commission also proposed using visa policy and visa issuance to punish third countries that do not wish to cooperate for the return of their nationals who are in an irregular situation in the EU.
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