The European Union Commission has released a draft list of 54 countries permitted to enter Europe when borders reopen on July 1 and Nigeria is not included.
Schengenvisainfo.com reports that citizens from Nigeria, Brazil, Qatar, the US and Russia would not be permitted to travel into Europe until the epidemiological situation in their countries with regards to COVID-19 gets much better.
However, the countries whose citizens have been granted permits into Europe as the union open its borders, are Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Australia, Bahamas, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Palau, Paraguay, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Serbia, South Korea, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vatican City, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zambia, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Dominica, Egypt, Ethiopia, Georgia, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Lebanon and Mauritius.
Eric Manner, the EU Commission spokesman, said the union had the right to choose who would enter its borders and it was based on health criteria.
He said, “The European Union has an internal process to determine from which countries it would be safe to accept travellers.”
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