{"id":49412,"date":"2025-05-26T10:19:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T14:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/rejected-visa-application-to-europe-cost-africa-68m\/26\/05\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-05-26T10:19:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T14:19:58","slug":"rejected-visa-application-to-europe-cost-africa-68m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/rejected-visa-application-to-europe-cost-africa-68m\/26\/05\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Rejected visa application to Europe cost Africa $68M"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"\" data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">The News<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Africans paid \u20ac60 million ($68 million) for European short-term visa applications that ended up being rejected in 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">That comprised 40% of the total amount the European Union received from fees for rejected visa applications.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Comoros, Senegal, Guinea Bissau, Nigeria, and Ghana had the highest rejection rates for EU visas in 2024, above 45% in each case. But the African countries that experienced the highest year-on-year increases in the cost of rejected visas in 2024 were Eritrea, Botswana, and DR Congo, according to LAGO Collective, a research and creative organization based in London.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The agency\u2019s analysis concluded that rejected visas are disproportionately more expensive for low- and middle-income countries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThe financial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lagocollective.org\/material\/f\/visas\/rejected-by-gdp\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:cost of rejected visas;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">cost of rejected visas<\/a> is just staggering,\u201d said Marta Foresti, LAGO Collective\u2019s founder. \u201cYou can think of the costs of rejected visas as \u2018reverse remittances\u2019 \u2014 money flowing from poor to rich countries \u2014 which we rarely hear about,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>A chart showing the cost of rejected visas for African nations. <\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/rejected-visa-application-europe-cost-131018963.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The News Africans paid &euro;60 million ($68 million) for European short-term visa applications that ended up being rejected in 2024. 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