Originally Posted by
lsquare
And it's a legitimate concern. The average Russian don't even make as much as a Western European. They could overstay their visas and not leave. It's not like the EU isn't dealing with illegal migration at the moment.
This sounds sooooo new..
So the EU has no concern about how much an average Bosnian or Hondurasian citizen make? (for those without access to wiki - it's roughly a third of what an average Russian earns). And I wouldn't even mention Moldova whose citizens also travel visa-free to the Schengen area.