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EU justice affairs commissioner Jacques Barrot took a hard line on Canada (Photo: Council of European Union)

EU threatens Canada with visa war

The EU commissioner for justice and home affairs, Jacques Barrot, has warned Canada it could face "retaliatory measures" if it does not scrap the visa obligation imposed on Czech citizens by the end of the year.

Ottawa abolished visas for Czechs in 2007, but re-introduced them in July after hundreds of Roma from the central-European country applied for asylum in Canada, citing discrimination in their home country.

The measure was "unacceptable, not just for the Czech Republic but...

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EU justice affairs commissioner Jacques Barrot took a hard line on Canada (Photo: Council of European Union)

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