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Since mid-March, a full recommendation for foreign travel applies. The decision was extended once and, according to Foreign Minister Ann Linde, a new decision will be made in a couple of weeks. But even if the general recommendation is raised, nothing will be as usual this summer, she says.
– We don’t know if it’s going to start. We must follow it carefully before we can make a decision. It definitely won’t be free after June 15, but we need to get back to exactly what it will be like.
The decision depends in part on if countries open their borders and if air traffic starts again.
– Since we know how difficult it has been for Swedes to get home, we don’t want to expose people to that now. Also, there are still a lot of curfews and closed borders, Linde says.
In recent months, the Foreign Ministry has helped some 7,000 Swedes return to Sweden. We hope to bring the latest home next week.
– The Gambia is currently the last particularly difficult place where the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is considering the possibility of traveling home with assistance, then with flights from other EU countries where, hopefully, more Swedes can stay. The Foreign Ministry does not say it will be the last.
According to Linde he has worked with Bringing the Swedes home has been a difficult logistical task. At most, more than 90 employees have worked with crown related problems and have tried to figure out here and there to get different conditions.
– I do not know how many ministers I spoke to myself, for example, to obtain permission for people to go to airports under a curfew.
The decision to cancel or extend the general travel notice will come “well before June 15.” Ann Linde tells herself that it should not be expected to be immediately as before.
– I would not book a trip abroad.
