On June 11, visa-free travel for Ukrainian citizens to EU countries finally became a reality. Ukrainians can now visit any EU member state (with the exception of the UK and Ireland) for up to ninety days within a one-hundred-eighty-day period. They are not allowed to work during these stays, and EU member states enabled themselves to apply a brake should the system be abused, for example by large numbers of asylum seekers or people working illegally.
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Gwendolyn Sasse: Ukrainians travel visa free
A Ukrainian woman smiles at Kyiv's airport Boryspil on June 11, after she and her husband checked in for a flight to Amsterdam on the first day of visa-free travel to the European Union.
