Visa-free travel causes problems for Estonians

  • 1999-07-22
TALLINN (BNS) - The advantages of visa-free travel for Estonian citizens are increasingly outweighed by delays and interrogations at foreign borders.Cases of Estonian tourists and holiday-makers being denied entry at several Western European countries are becoming more and more common, the Foreign Ministry here said, largely because of a bunch of bogus asylum claims made by Estonians in countries in which they don't need a visa to enter.Estonians being refused entry into Great Britain has become common, the ministry said."The reason is that dozens of Estonian citizens have sought refugee st...
 
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