This archive report was first published on 30 June 2020.
Published on June 30, 2020, the European Union has announced that it will reopen its external borders on Wednesday, but Kenyans will not be among those allowed to enter.
According to Euronews, the EU has released two lists: one for countries whose citizens will be accepted, and another for those who will not.
Kenya is among the countries excluded from the list, along with the United States, Brazil, and Russia.
However, Uganda and Rwanda are the only East African countries listed among the countries whose citizens will be allowed to enter the EU.
EU officials failed to agree on a common list of countries to be banned from entering the EU, but managed to create a list of countries with a better epidemiological situation, whose citizens will be able to enter Europe by the end of next week.
“A redrawn text of 10-20 countries was put to them, but many said they needed to consult first with their governments, diplomats said,” Euronews reported.
EU Commission spokesman Eric Mamer said that the EU's decisions are based on health criteria, and that it has an internal process to determine from which countries it would be safe to accept travellers.
