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Europe: A Song Criticizing Schengen Visa Procedure

Categories: Eastern & Central Europe, Middle East & North Africa, Western Europe, Turkey, Citizen Media, Digital Activism, Human Rights, International Relations, Law, Migration & Immigration, Music, Travel

At BlogActiv.eu, Kader Sevinc writes [1] about “a creative way of criticizing the Schengen visa procedure” – Schengen Macht Frei [2], a song by Sarp Yeletaysi/Sarpinto, who writes this on SoundCloud: “[…] This song is the product of many visits to embassies of European countries to obtain a visa which is a painful, costly, time-consuming and humiliating process. […] This is my attempt to raise awareness about the Schengen Problem which I believe is a violation of basic human rights […].”