Schengen Agreement: Borders

(asked on 27th January 2021) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2021 to Question 138871, if the UK Government will raise the matter of UK nationals with residence rights in the EU protected by the Withdrawal Agreement being refused entry at the Schengen border since 1 January 2021 at the next meeting of the Specialised Committee on Citizens' Rights; and when that meeting is scheduled to take place.


Answered by
Wendy Morton Portrait
Wendy Morton
This question was answered on 4th February 2021

The Government is committed to upholding the rights of UK nationals in the EU and EU citizens in the UK, as set out in the Withdrawal Agreement. The Government is monitoring the situation at the Schengen border closely and is in regular contact with the EU and Member States to ensure the correct rules are applied. The Government will continue to hold the EU to account for the correct implementation and application of the Citizens' Rights part of the Withdrawal Agreement. This includes through the Specialised Committee on Citizens' Rights.

The UK and the EU have agreed that the Committee will meet regularly throughout 2021 and the next meeting has been scheduled to take place in February.

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