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Turks won’t get visa-free travel to Britain

by Luke Lythgoe | 04.05.2016
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Myth: Turks will be able to enter the UK without visas.

InFact: A new deal between the EU and Turkey would allow Turkish citizens to travel to the Schengen Area for 90 days at a time. The UK is exempt from the visa-free travel deal, since it is not a member of Schengen and has an opt-out from ever joining.

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    Edited by Michael Prest

    Categories: Migration

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