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A Shared Visa Is Not a Shared Market

We keep announcing integration at the border and postponing it everywhere else.

Khalid Al-Sater

Published 29 June 2026, 13:11 · Updated 6:30

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A Shared Visa Is Not a Shared Market

We keep announcing integration at the border and postponing it everywhere else.

Reporting for this story was carried out in Manama over the past week. Officials spoke on the record unless otherwise noted.

This article will be updated as further detail is confirmed.

Khalid Al-Sater

I follow Bahraini politics and the wider Gulf.

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