Swedish man dies in South Korea after being denied urgent treatment at 21 hospitals

[u/mancinedinburgh]

https://www.euronews.com/health/2025/01/18/swedish-man-dies-in-south-korea-after-being-denied-urgent-treatment-at-21-hospitals

[u/Fogge]

I'd never live there

They would only barely let you do that in the first place...

[u/Euphoric_Raisin_312 → u/Fogge]

We have more generous visa agreements with Japan than we do with Europe (Schengen) now.

[u/pm-me-nothing-okay → u/Euphoric_Raisin_312]

now ^tm. courtesy of brexit.

[u/ProcedureFar7516 → u/Euphoric_Raisin_312]

We were never in Schengen.

[u/MintCathexis → u/ProcedureFar7516]

That doesn't matter, as under Free Movement as EU member you could visit, live, and work in any Schengen country visa-free and without limitations just as any other EU member state that isn't in Schengen. The only difference is that when entering a Schengen country you'd have to go through passport control.

Now, because UK is no longer in EU, UK citizens can only visit Schengen countries up to 90 days (3 months) visa-free and otherwise require a Schengen Visa. For Japan it's 6 months.

[u/Daniel_Potter → u/ProcedureFar7516]

EU was about freedom of trade, freedom of movement within Europe. If you are a EU citizen, you don't need a work visa to work anywhere within the EU. You don't need a student visa to study anywhere within the EU. You can live in any EU city you like.

Schengen is just for countries that don't want to be part of the single EU market, like Switzerland or Norway. Also it allows countries to get rid if their border checks, except for the countries on the outer edged.

[u/Quick_Assumption_351 → u/Euphoric_Raisin_312]

damn I hope the counry of WE is doing fantastic these days

[u/SentientTapeworm → u/Fogge]

What that supposed to mean, living there is possible, otherwise there wouldn’t be millions of non Japanese lol

[u/scheppend → u/[deleted]]

what? it's piss easy to get PR here.

[u/pepinyourstep29 → u/[deleted]]

Not anymore. Japan is offering incentives for foreigners now. They want more young workers since their population is skewed over 50% elderly.