You mentioned “Prague and Hungary”. Both the Czech Republic and Hungary are joining the EU on 1 April, 2004, and I think it will only take a few years for them to sign the Schengen acquis. Hungary’s border control system is almost already conform, the main problem to be solved is that Hungary has to enforce visa and strengthened border control towards citizens of some countries. This is not as easy as it seems at first, as parts of some of these countries (Serbia, The Ukraine) were historically Hungarian territory, and there are significant Hungarian minorities in these states. Making travel more difficult or more expensive would certainly not help split-families, cultural and educational cooperation, etc.

]]> http://www.eurailblog.com/archives/285.shtml/comment-page-1#comment-217 aoife Fri, 16 May 2003 08:34:52 +0000 http://www.eurailblog.com/wp/archives/000285.shtml#comment-217 hmmm...I think Ireland is actually...I remember a Serbian woman i worked with in Dublin got a Schengan visa The UK certainly isn't! BTW the schengan thing came about to try and stop people applying for asylum in each of the different EU countries. The flip side of the visa is that if one of the countries rejects your application, you can't apply in any of the others

hmmm…I think Ireland is actually…I remember a Serbian woman i worked with in Dublin got a Schengan visa

The UK certainly isn’t!

BTW the schengan thing came about to try and stop people applying for asylum in each of the different EU countries. The flip side of the visa is that if one of the countries rejects your application, you can’t apply in any of the others

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