Schengen visa policy and travel inequalities to the European Union

Dupont, Juliette
(2024) Inequality and the European Union. New frontiers in political science and law — ISBN: [9781003503293], p. 200, accepted/in-press

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The European Union’s (EU) common visa policy, known as Schengen visa policy, reflects a “global mobility divide”, favouring citizens of high-income nations while regulating or restricting the movement of individuals from poorer, conflict-affected, or formerly colonized countries. However, within the group of nationalities subject to visa requirement, there exists significant variation in access to mobility. To examine these disparities, this chapter introduces the concept of a “continuum of (im)mobility”, which offers a nuanced perspective on the spectrum of mobility restrictions. The chapter begins by exploring the relationship between European visa policy and global inequalities, before analysing the impact of two specific Schengen visa policy measures: the prior consultation procedure and the facilitation mechanism introduced through the 2019 Visa Code reform. In conclusion, the chapter proposes a series of recommendations aimed at mitigating the discriminatory effects of the European visa policy.
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Chloé Briere ; Amandine Crespy. (2024). Schengen visa policy and travel inequalities to the European Union. In Inequality and the European Union. New frontiers in political science and law (Routledge, p. p. 200). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003503293