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Common Travel Area

U.K. and Ireland Agree Common Travel Area

By Aidan Lonergan, Contributor
May / June 2019

May 1, 2019 by Leave a Comment

The governments of Britain and Ireland have agreed on a deal to preserve the Common Travel Area (CTA) shared by the two countries after Brexit. The Memorandum of Understanding guarantees the continuation of reciprocal rights enjoyed by British and Irish citizens under the CTA, which dates back to 1922. Those rights include the free movement of people between Britain and … [Read more...] about U.K. and Ireland Agree Common Travel Area

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