tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704899696538705849.post1839907218161994380..comments2024-03-28T02:32:17.979-07:00Comments on EU Law Analysis: Is Free Movement in Europe an Anomaly? The New Open Borders Policy in South AmericaSteve Peershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05869161329197244113noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704899696538705849.post-78836588856712666042022-08-25T03:49:40.794-07:002022-08-25T03:49:40.794-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.miawrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15519227137487411654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704899696538705849.post-42363752048554888842019-06-06T14:15:04.426-07:002019-06-06T14:15:04.426-07:00This is a vague assertion without any reasoning, n...This is a vague assertion without any reasoning, not an argument. Steve Peershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05869161329197244113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704899696538705849.post-19793727574694382162019-06-06T12:17:06.285-07:002019-06-06T12:17:06.285-07:00The issue is the size of the free movement areas a...The issue is the size of the free movement areas and the level of similarity at economic and cultural level. A group group of 4-5 countries with similar standards of living is no issue. EFTA has tiny immigration. EU has 28 countries currently, many of whom are poor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704899696538705849.post-67182158947465225862017-03-22T03:31:15.906-07:002017-03-22T03:31:15.906-07:00Correction: It's Venezuela, not Paraguay, whic...Correction: It's Venezuela, not Paraguay, which is currently suspended from Mercosur full membership.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15485768087406960616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704899696538705849.post-89971130445110749182014-11-14T09:37:30.420-08:002014-11-14T09:37:30.420-08:00Well of course Europe's free movement regime i...Well of course Europe's free movement regime is not an anomaly. The opponents who argue so only show profound ignorance of not only the wider world but even of Europe. Because there are multiple free movement regimes in Europe itself:<br /><br />1. the European Union (for Union citizens and their families including third country nationals)<br /><br />2. the European Free Trade Area (for nationals)<br /><br />3. the Common Travel Area (for the UK, Ireland, Isle of Man, Guernsey and Jersey)<br /><br />4. Nordic Common Labour Market and Nordic Passport Union (for Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Iceland and the Faroe Islands (Faroes only in the passport union not the common labour market)<br /><br />5. the Hoyvik Agreement between Iceland and the Faroe Islands<br /><br />6. The Benelux Union (this was the precursor to free movement in continental western Europe and there is still the provision of free movement in the agreement....so even if EU rules are tightened or EU free movement is abandoned then free movement among the Benelux countries would continue)<br /><br />7. Switzerland/Liechtenstein<br /><br />8. Schengen Agreement<br /><br />9.EU-Switzerland agreement<br /><br />10. Union State of Russia and Belarus <br /><br />11. the Eurasian Economic Union come 2015<br /><br /><br />Outside of Europe you have free movement zones all over the place:<br /><br />- The Caribbean Community's (CARICOM) Single Market and Economy or CSME (all member states save the Bahamas and Haiti...this might be why Guyana and Suriname have yet to adopt the Mercosur Residence Agreement though in theory they should be able to be a part of both that residence agreement and the CSME)<br /><br />- the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States' (OECS) Economic Union (which is a sub-union within CARICOM and the CSME<br /><br />- MERCOSUR/MERCOSUL and the Andean Community<br /><br />- the Central American 4 Agreement (Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador) - this has both free movement for nationals and a common visa like the Schengen system)<br /><br />- Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) - all of its member states<br /><br />- Economic Community of of Central African States (ECCAS)/Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) - 4 out of members of both organizations which overlap<br /><br />- East African Community (EAC)<br /><br />- India/Nepal<br /><br />- Arab Maghreb Union (3 of the members - Tunisia, Libya and I think Morocco)<br /><br />- Gulf Cooperation Council<br /><br />- Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement between Australia and New Zealand<br /><br />Even the United States is involved in 3 separate free movement regimes based on the compacts of free association it signed:<br /><br />- USA/Micronesia<br /><br />- USA/Marshall Islands<br /><br />- USA/PalauAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com