Europe is continuing its deconfinement with the reopening of the EU's external borders on Wednesday to fifteen countries. However, this does not mean that Europeans, and therefore the French, will be able to travel freely to these destinations, some of which still refuse to accept nationals from areas hard hit by Covid-19.

In Europe, the coronavirus crisis is further away. The European Union reopened its external borders on Wednesday July 1 to a dozen countries. Australians, Japanese and Algerians are once again welcome in Europe, and therefore in France. But on the French side, where can they go outside of France when the holiday season begins? Not very far, because the reopening of borders is not necessarily reciprocal. Furthermore, even if some countries have reopened, returning to France could prove problematic, with the risk of quarantine.  

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Countries that have escaped the pandemic still refuse to welcome Europeans

It is always difficult to find a country where the French can stay. The countries to which Europe has reopened its borders generally have much better health conditions than ours, which is why, for their part, they still refuse European travelers. This is the case of New Zealand which has almost eradicated the disease, but also of Australia, Canada, Algeria, Morocco, Japan and even Thailand.

On the other hand, Tunisia, Montenegro and Serbia have agreed to play the game of reciprocity and reopen their borders to the French.

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A risk of quarantine upon return from certain countries

In the rest of the world, Europeans are still not welcome in the United States and China. Distrust also with regard to destinations which reopen their doors but whose health situation is more degraded than with us. Thus, French travelers returning from Turkey risk quarantine upon arrival on French soil.

The good news, however, is that the reopening of borders in Europe ends controls, including in Denmark and Norway, which was not the case before the crisis.