Brazil threatens to slap visa requirement on British tourists

rathburn.net

Related Articles

• Chinese tourists closer to Israel
• Air Canada and TAM expand network between major cities in Brazil and Canada
• Three-year-olds abandoned at UK ports
• Pope says tourists must not harm the planet
• Balala launches Italian website on Kenya's tourism destinations

RIO DE JANEIRO - The Brazilian Foreign Ministry threatened to make visas mandatory for all Britons if Britain re-slaps visa requirements on Brazilians.

The warning came one day after British authorities said they were studying the possibility of suspending visa-free-access agreements with 11 countries in Asia, Africa, South America and the Caribbean.

British authorities have given a six-month ultimatum to the countries to find a way to stop illegal immigration. The 11 countries are Brazil, Bolivia, Malaysia, South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Lesotho, Swaziland and Mauritius.

While admitting some isolated cases of negligence in immigration, the Brazilian Foreign Ministry threatened to use the principle of reciprocity if Britain insisted on banning free access to tourists from Brazil.

Brazil is one of the major source of illegal immigrants to Britain, with 11,300 Brazilians repatriated from Britain in 2006.

xinhuanet.com

Comments

Post new comment

Your name: *

E-mail: *

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.

Homepage:

Comment: *

This question is to prevent automated spam submissions.

What code is in the image?: *

Copy the characters (respecting upper/lower case) from the image.