Brazil Threatens To Slap
Visa Requirement On
British Tourists
The Brazilian Foreign
Ministry on Friday
threatened to make visas
mandatory for all
Britons if Britain
re-slaps visa
requirements on
Brazilians.
The warning came one day
after British
authorities said they
were studying the
possibility of
suspending
visa-free-access
agreements with 11
countries in Asia,
Africa, South America
and the Caribbean.
British authorities have
given a six-month
ultimatum to the
countries to find a way
to stop illegal
immigration. The 11
countries are Brazil,
Bolivia, Malaysia, South
Africa, Botswana,
Namibia, Venezuela,
Trinidad and Tobago,
Lesotho, Swaziland and
Mauritius.
While admitting some
isolated cases of
negligence in
immigration, the
Brazilian Foreign
Ministry threatened to
use the principle of
reciprocity if Britain
insisted on banning free
access to tourists from
Brazil.
Brazil is one of the
major source of illegal
immigrants to Britain,
with 11,300 Brazilians
repatriated from Britain
in 2006.
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