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Schengen in a nutshell

What the passport-free area is, and isn't.

Free movement, not free entry

The Schengen Area covers 29 countries (all EU members except Ireland and Cyprus, plus 4 non-EU: Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein, Switzerland). Within it, internal border checks are abolished, you can cross from Portugal to Estonia without showing a passport. It is NOT the same as the EU. Ireland is in the EU but not Schengen; Switzerland is in Schengen but not…

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