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Marta Foresti

@martaforesti

Founder of LAGO. Previously MD, ED, now Visiting Senior Fellow @ODI_global. Also @LSEnews @Moleskine. Migration, cities, culture. IG @lago_collective
London lagocollective.org Joined December 2011
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Marta Foresti @martaforesti
That €100M+ in 2023 has gone up to €157M in 2025 😱

Paid for nothing. For being rejected. Again

A reverse remittance, a waste of money and opportunities.

A tax on poverty, trade and aspirations

🙏 @euobs @benfox83

#visas #europe #inequality

euobserver.com/220613/eu-stat…
euobserver.com EU states cash in €157m in fees for rejected visas Some of the highest visa rejection rates across the EU-27 are for applicants from countries with whom the bloc wants to partner on defence, security and migration.
Marta Foresti @martaforesti Jun 6, 2024
The staggering costs of visa inequality🚨

In 2023 rejected EU visas cost the world’s poorest €100M +, 💰 flowing from poor to rich countries, like a 'reverse remittance'.

Yet we never hear about this🤨

I talked to @euobs based on latest LAGO analysis euobserver.com/eu-and-the-wor…
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Marta Foresti @martaforesti
Visiting the Uk 🇬🇧? Not everyone 🛂

Post Brexit and aid cuts the UK wants equal partnerships with emerging markets/fast growing economies.

Yet how is an equal partnership possible with a country whose citizens you turn away 4 times out of 10 for a holiday or a business meeting?
Marta Foresti @martaforesti
As Trump ‘pauses’ visa processing for 26 African countries here is your reminder from me and @LopesInsights that we all stand to lose.

#visas #trump #africa
Carlos Lopes Verified account @LopesInsights Dec 4, 2025
@martaforesti and Carlos Lopes explore for @TheAfricaReport how the West might be losing the ‘visa war’, with a stark reminder of what’s at stake
theafricareport.com/400620/how-the…
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