Dans un mémo politique pour l’Association d’études sur la communauté européenne Canada, la doctorante Juliette Dupont (CÉRIUM) dresse un parallèle entre les restrictions en matière d’immigration dans l’Union européenne et les politiques de visa Schengen. Pour subvenir à leurs inconsistances, la chercheuse propose quatre recommandations pour redéfinir les politiques de visa et améliorer la gouvernance des frontières européennes à l’ère du Covid-19.
EXTRAIT : The COVID-19 pandemic is far from improving enforcement of EU measures by Member States. Despite the EU Council releases every two weeks a list of third countries that should be exempted from travel restrictions, Member States have shown poor compliance. For instance, Greece reopened its borders to twenty-nine nationalities two weeks before the EU Council agrees on a list. Hungary has remained completely closed to non-EU citizens. Mid-August, the Commission encouraged Member States to lift travel bans for unmarried partners of European citizens and residents4. Less than ten Member States have announced they will enforce this recommendation. The lack of harmonization and enforcement measures make EU travel requirements extremely difficult to navigate for international travellers and deprive common external borders of their very meaning.