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    (BRUSSELS) - The European Commission on Tuesday welcomed the decision by US President Barack Obama to lift a "discriminatory" travel ban on foreign visitors with the HIV virus. "This decision by President Obama... is the culmination of a long campaign led by the European Commission and Parliament for the elimination of visa waiver travel restrictions tied to a person's HIV status" European Justice Commissioner Jacques Barrot said. Full Article at EUbusiness
    This decision by President Obama... is the culmination of a long campaign led by the European Commission and Parliament for the elimination of visa waiver travel restrictions tied to a person's HIV status
    SOURCE: EUbusiness 4 weeks ago
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EU welcomes end to US travel ban on HIV passengers
  1. Following the removal of HIV references from the list of communicable diseases which made persons affected by these diseases inadmissible to the US, HIV positive-people will, from January 2010 onwards, be able to travel under the visa waiver programme, which covers most, but not yet all, EU countries
    SOURCE: EUbusiness 4 weeks ago

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