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The changes will affect non-EU citizens that do not need a visa to travel to the bloc.
UK to decide on Gibraltar-EU travel deal
20/01/2020
The UK government says Gibraltar cannot independently negotiate a passport-free travel deal with the EU after Brexit.
European commission insists letting UK nationals use e-gates would breach EU law
Leaked German government report shows Britain has been requesting special access. / Britain wants to ‘approximate the position of a member state as closely as possible’ when it comes to working with Europol, the EU’s law enforcement agency, the leaked report states.
British travellers heading to Schengen EU countries will have to start paying a €7 visa fee by the end of 2022, the European Commission has confirmed.
Parents wrongly told ‘your child will need six months left on their passport’. / Ninety-three weeks after the Brexit transition phase ended and the UK fully left the European Union, the government still is putting out false information on passport validity for the EU and the wider Schengen Area.
Waiting times could even triple with the UK’s ‘third-country nationals’ no longer in the EU.
Over the last weekend, the Port of Dover has handled almost 142,000 travellers, many of whom have been forced to wait for hours to cross the borders into France.
Travel after Brexit: How holidays to Europe have changed, from passport rules to data roaming
31/01/2023
Three years on from our departure from the EU, UK travellers face more delays and paperwork when travelling to Europe – and 2023 will bring new checks
Ardent Brexiteer Quentin Letts has a habit of making statements that rile people up, and this time his point about the Swiss border backfired badly.
A large number of our readers have asked us to factcheck a list of claims about the Lisbon Treaty, or “what will actually happen if we stay in the EU”, which has gone viral on social media.
The Spanish authorities announced last week that the country would no longer apply COVID-19 entry rules for travellers from the European Union/Schengen Area but did not make any exemptions for those travelling from the United Kingdom.
Proposal is backed by the Rock but is controversial for the UK.
Treaty which led to the creation of Europe's Schengen Area, in which internal border checks have largely been abolished.
Is Brexit burning out as a divisive issue? New polling suggests Brits are now united in their belief that the UK's split with the EU has gone badly.
No-Deal Brexit Papers: 10 Stark Warnings Amid Fears Over Food Shortages And Price Increases
26/02/2019
One-third of the most critical preparation projects are not on track for completion by March 29.
French President Emmanuel Macron has outlined his vision for Europe's future, urging reform of its passport-free Schengen area and setting up a new agency to protect against fake news.
Lord Brian Paddick (former DAC, London Metropolitan Police) speaks to the crowd gathered in Newcastle on 25/03/2018. He speaks on issues of security and policing surrounding Brexit.
Julia Hartley-Brewer tries to make point about border crossing after Brexit while skiing in Europe, and it backfires badly
24/02/2019
Another day, another Brexit blunder. This time all eyes are on Julia Hartley-Brewer who took the time out of her skiing holiday in Switzerland yesterday to tweet about free movement – and it backfired badly.
Political leaders have paid tribute to former European Commission President Jacques Delors, who has died aged 98. / Serving from 1985 to 1995, Delors helped create the single market allowing the free movement of people, goods and services around the bloc. / He also laid the groundwork for the single European currency, the euro.
A Spanish election victory for conservatives could spell disaster for UK-Spain sovereignty deal over the ‘Rock’.
One of the most Blindingly Obvious Things in the history of Blindingly Obvious Things is that one consequence of the UK leaving the EU is that travel to and stay in the EU by British citizens is now different – the obvious corollary of travel to and stay in the UK by EU citizens being different, as the Leave campaign specifically demanded.
'...it is a good time to take stock of the Gibraltar strand of Brexit and how that intertwines with the Brexit saga and, ultimately, to the extent that it does represent a certain kind of completion, a good time to take stock of Brexit itself.'
Gibraltar to join EU’s border-free travel area under last-minute Brexit deal after talks between UK and Spain
31/12/2020
The agreement was struck ‘in principle’ with hours to spare.