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Ukraine: Striving for Unguarded EU Borders

· Written by Veronica Khokhlova

Categories: Eastern & Central Europe, Middle East & North Africa, Western Europe, Belgium, Iraq, Netherlands, Syria, Ukraine, Citizen Media, International Relations, Law, Politics, Travel

Source: “We are Europeans” Facebook page

“We are Europeans” grassroots initiative (whose launch GV covered [1] in Oct. 2011) re-posted on its Facebook page a photo collage [2] [en] comparing the Iraq-Syria and the Netherlands-Belgium borders: the former is heavily guarded, the latter is just a line outside a street café.

Eugen Theise commented [en]:

Why Iraq and Syria? EU and Ukraine – same shit, but in Europe :(

Karina Babenko added [ru]:

I want Ukraine to have the same border with the European Union as the one between Holland and Belgium!