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US excluded from EU third country destination 'safe list'

Government
James Chapple
3 July 2020

The European Council has recommended member states continue to enforce travel restrictions on visitors from the US, as well as much of Central and Latin America, the Middle East, Asia and the Caribbean.

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The council has published a list of countries to whose residents it recommends member states reopen their borders: this includes the rest of the EU; 15 third countries including China, subject to reciprocity; and four "Schengen associated" countries – Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.


Residents of EU micro-states, including Andorra, Monaco, San Marino and The Vatican, should be considered EU residents, the council added.