The European Parliament voted for granting Ukraine visa-free regime

[Red Fish]

There are around 42 millions people in Ukraine. Let's see how EU countries, for example, Germany will give them work. Even if 2 millions will imigrate to EU, Germany can take some part of them.

[Xester]

521 member of the European Parliament supported the granting Ukraine visa-free regime. Let me remind you that in Ukraine there is a war. Whether it will lead to the fact that migrant crisis in Europe will intensify?

Does this mean that we do not need a visa when we are going to visit Ukraine? If that is true then that is a good news to tourists and travelers. But if there is a war the tourists and travelers will still be afraid to visit their country. Hope the war in their country will end so a large number of visitors will flood their country given their no visa policy.

[Ronxawala]

This is not a good decision. I think that the number of refugees will increase and they will destroy all the beauty of Europe.

[Snail2]

Cool, then we no longer will be entirely dependent on the poles if we want to buy some cheap (without customs, VAT, tax and such crap) cigarettes and booze .

[ivanpoldark]

Autor, Your worries are groundless. I myself live in Ukraine. Here everything is safe except for the ATO zone. Besides, absence of tourist visa regime does not give the right to work, working visas will be needed as usual.

[Sithara007]

There are around 42 millions people in Ukraine. Let's see how EU countries, for example, Germany will give them work. Even if 2 millions will imigrate to EU, Germany can take some part of them.

It will not be much of a problem for the European Union nations. If they can allow the immigration of 2 million Muslims from the Middle-east, then why can't they allow the same number of Ukrainians? After-all, the Ukrainians are much more law abiding, when compared to the Muslims.

[defined]

They have beautiful women though!

It is more likely the men will travel to Europe.

Visa-free regime requires biometric passports. This requirement makes crossing the border more difficult. Besides, forget all that for crossing the border still need to provide an invitation, a ticket on the way back your hotel, and 50 euros for each day of stay in Europe.

You need an invitation for visa. In a visa-free regime you can enter without invitation. Only embassies deal with those letters, not the border control official.

[Barrymore]

I wouldn't call it a visa-free regime. The fact that Europe has provided to the Ukrainians it's just a simplification of crossing the border. The right to work, the Ukrainians do not have and if they violate the law of the EU biometric passport will not enable them to enter Europe again. I do not see a reason for joy.

[Sithara007]

I wouldn't call it a visa-free regime. The fact that Europe has provided to the Ukrainians it's just a simplification of crossing the border. The right to work, the Ukrainians do not have and if they violate the law of the EU biometric passport will not enable them to enter Europe again. I do not see a reason for joy.

The Ukrainians will never get the right to work in the European Union. At least in the near future. As per the current European Union regime, the priority is to be given for non-white Muslim immigrants and unfortunately the Ukrainians doesn't fit in to this description.