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Britons living in the EU are unjustly detained while transiting the Schengen Zone, according to the EC

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The EU Commission claims that British people who have maintained their legal status as citizens of an EU member state are being arbitrarily detained as they pass through the Schengen Zone.

Due to this, the Commission made the decision to bring up the subject in a formal document, stating that UK citizens may use any form of evidence to demonstrate their residency status at the border, according to EU Helpers.

The letter adds that UK citizens who are visiting another member state while lawfully residing in a Schengen state are being arrested by the authorities because they lack a proper residency document to show that they are beneficiaries of the Withdrawal Agreement and so lawfully residing there.

Therefore, the Commission declared that beneficiaries of the agreements might justify their residency status at the border using any other document, including residence cards granted under the agreement.

The Commission's statement states that beneficiaries of the withdrawal agreement can demonstrate their residency status and related rights at the border using residence certificates issued in accordance with the withdrawal agreement as well as other forms of documentation.

This note, according to Statewatch, refers to two instances that have been brought to the UK-EU Specialised Committee on the Rights of Citizens' attention.

In the first instance, according to Statewatch, the person had legitimate documentation, but the state that provided it didn't request that the Commission put the documents in the Schengen Handbook for Border Guards.

This manual is used as a reference for the types of documents that are acceptable for certain situations.

In the second instance, a comparable issue arose, and to address such circumstances, the Commission provided a number of potential solutions. Many of them centered on Withdrawal Agreement beneficiaries making sure they have the necessary documentation.

However, the letter also advises the member states to use other procedures under domestic law to deal with analogous circumstances.

SchengenVisaInfo.com previously stated that a record number of Britons regret their vote to leave the EU. A survey found that 55% of respondents claimed they would vote to stay in the EU. 31%, on the other side, stated that they would not vote.

In addition, the survey revealed that in 2023 compared to 2021, enthusiasm in staying in the EU climbed by 6 percentage points.


 

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