A research team from Göttingen, Paris, Pisa and Florence has investigated the costs around the world. People from poorer countries often pay many times what Europeans would pay. "Our dataset provides information about a dimension of global inequality that has, so far, received little attention," says Deutschmann. And our data clearly shows that these barriers include visa costs." The Global Visa Cost Divide: How and Why the Price for Travel Permits Varies Worldwide.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 16, 2021 15:11 UTC