EU: more restrictions on Argentina; less on Chile, Colombia, Peru, and Uruguay
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – On Monday, January 17, the European Union removed Argentina, Australia, and Canada from its list of countries whose citizens should not be subject to travel restrictions to enter the EU due to the coronavirus pandemic. On the other hand, it advised gradually lifting travel restrictions at external borders for residents of Chile, Colombia, Peru, Uruguay, and 15 other countries.
Monday’s change in EU entry conditions leaves Argentina in a zone of increased restrictions and upgrades the status of four other South American countries – Chile, Colombia, Peru, and Uruguay.
These changes have taken place after the latest review of non-essential travel restrictions, updated every two weeks, the EU Council said in a statement.
As of this Monday, January 17, Member States should gradually lift travel restrictions at external borders for residents of Bahrain, Chile, Colombia, Indonesia, Kuwait, New Zealand, Peru, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, the United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, and China, the latter in case the measure is reciprocal.
Travel restrictions are also to be gradually lifted for China’s special administrative regions, Hong Kong and Macau.
This list is reviewed every two weeks to consider the pandemic’s changing circumstances.
Criteria for deciding the third countries to which the current travel restriction should be lifted include the epidemiological situation and the overall response to COVID-19 and the reliability of available information and data sources. Reciprocity should also be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Under this recommendation, residents of Andorra, Monaco, San Marino, and the Vatican will be considered European residents. The Schengen associated countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland) are equally part of it.
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