Denmark opens up to inbound travel from six countries outside EU
Ritzau/The Local - [email protected]
Published: 2 Jul, 2020 CET.
Updated: Thu 2 Jul 2020 16:38 CET
from Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea and Thailand. But Danish residents are only recommended to visit the countries "if strictly necessary".
The decision to allow residents of the six countries to enter Denmark was made by representatives of Denmark's infectious disease agency SSI, together with officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Justice, based on the 15 country "safe travel list" agreed by the European Council on Monday.
Denmark judged that residents of Algeria, Georgia, Montenegro, Morocco, Rwanda, Serbia and Uruguay -- which all made the European Council list, are not safe enough according to Danish standards, but gave no reasons for its decision.
Denmark's foreign ministry said it would also continue to advise Danish residents against unnecessary travel to the six countries, as they all impose quarantine restrictions on people arriving from Denmark.
"This means that all travel guides for these countries remain 'orange', the foreign ministry said in a statement. "So it goes without saying that all unnecessary journeys continue to be discouraged to countries outside the EU / Schengen and UK."
"If a country that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs only recommends to travel because of entry restrictions or quarantine requirements, lift these, the travel guidance will be eased."
For the same reason, the UK, Ireland and Romania are still rated 'orange' by the foreign ministry, because of quarantine requirements imposed on Danish citizens.
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The decision to allow residents of the six countries to enter Denmark was made by representatives of Denmark's infectious disease agency SSI, together with officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Justice, based on the 15 country "safe travel list" agreed by the European Council on Monday.
Denmark judged that residents of Algeria, Georgia, Montenegro, Morocco, Rwanda, Serbia and Uruguay -- which all made the European Council list, are not safe enough according to Danish standards, but gave no reasons for its decision.
Denmark's foreign ministry said it would also continue to advise Danish residents against unnecessary travel to the six countries, as they all impose quarantine restrictions on people arriving from Denmark.
"This means that all travel guides for these countries remain 'orange', the foreign ministry said in a statement. "So it goes without saying that all unnecessary journeys continue to be discouraged to countries outside the EU / Schengen and UK."
"If a country that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs only recommends to travel because of entry restrictions or quarantine requirements, lift these, the travel guidance will be eased."
For the same reason, the UK, Ireland and Romania are still rated 'orange' by the foreign ministry, because of quarantine requirements imposed on Danish citizens.
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