Tom McGurk: Baffling visa deal for Turks and Kosovars
‘Travel’ visas could open the floodgates to the very gangsters who are smuggling migrants into the EU
The European Commission will this year sign off on plans to allow an estimated 127 million people from Turkey, Ukraine, Georgia and Kosovo the right to enjoy visa-free travel to the European Union. They can stay for 90 days at a time, but not work.
The Turkish part of this plan – due to begin within weeks – comes from the agreement reached with the EU some months ago to get Turkish assistance ...
