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Re:Svalbard is as close as you can get to a place with open ... by TazeTSchnitzel on Thursday August 08, 2019 @03:57PM (#20648046)
You get it backwards, free movement of people is for workers, you don't have the right to stay if you aren't working (or alternatively studying, or living with someone who works) — though this isn't heavily enforced
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Re:Svalbard is as close as you can get to a place with open ... by ArnoVW on Saturday August 10, 2019 @10:05AM (#20662091)
You're right. I just looked it up to be sure. When I lived in the UK in 2007, Bulgaria and Romania entered the EU. There was some fuss about that, and initially those nationalities did not automatically obtain a work permit.

These were granted the same rights in 2014.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-25237742

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