24/11/2022 (Agence Europe) – MEPs approved, on 24 November, the agreement reached with the EU Council on 10 November (see EUROPE 13061/23) on the non-acceptance of Russian travel documents issued in the illegally occupied areas of Ukraine and Georgia for the purpose of issuing visas or crossing the EU’s external borders. They approved the decision by 531 votes to 7 with 34 abstentions. According to the proposal, the Commission will have to consult EU Member States and draw up a list of Russian travel documents, including passports, which should not be accepted. However, people fleeing the conflict in Ukraine will still be able to enter the EU on humanitarian grounds. The EU Council has yet to formally adopt the agreement. Link to the agreement: https://aeur.eu/f/499 (SP)