Common Travel Area

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The Common Travel Area is a long-standing arrangement that allows free movement and associated rights for people between the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands without routine passport controls.

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Label Occurrences
Common Travel Area canonical 7

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf border control arrangement ⓘ
travel area ⓘ
allows free movement of people ⓘ
travel without routine passport controls ⓘ
appliesTo British citizens ⓘ
Irish citizens ⓘ
borderType soft land border on the island of Ireland ⓘ
characteristic based largely on domestic legislation and bilateral understandings ⓘ
external border controls coordinated by members ⓘ
no routine immigration controls for internal journeys ⓘ
not a supranational legal entity ⓘ
country Channel Islands ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
Isle of Man ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
excludes Schengen Area membership ⓘ
grantsRight access to education (subject to domestic law) ⓘ
access to social benefits (subject to domestic law) ⓘ
right to reside ⓘ
right to work ⓘ
voting rights in certain elections (subject to domestic law) ⓘ
hasAbbreviation CTA ⓘ
hasMember Bailiwick of Guernsey ⓘ
linked to: Guernsey

Bailiwick of Jersey ⓘ
linked to: Jersey

Guernsey ⓘ
Isle of Man ⓘ
Jersey ⓘ
Republic of Ireland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
includesJurisdiction Bailiwick of Guernsey ⓘ
linked to: Guernsey

Bailiwick of Jersey ⓘ
linked to: Jersey

Channel Islands ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
Isle of Man ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
isDistinctFrom European Union free movement regime ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalBasisIncludes Irish immigration and citizenship legislation ⓘ
UK Immigration Act 1971 ⓘ
maintainedAfterEvent Brexit ⓘ
United Kingdom joining the European Communities ⓘ
partition of Ireland ⓘ
officialName Common Travel Area ⓘ
precededBy pre-World War I free movement between islands of Britain and Ireland ⓘ
purpose facilitate movement of people between the UK, Ireland, Isle of Man and Channel Islands ⓘ
relatedAgreement British–Irish Agreement 1998 ⓘ
Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the United Kingdom and the Government of Ireland on the Common Travel Area and associated reciprocal rights 2019 ⓘ
startTime 1920s ⓘ

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