1392 A briefing document drawn up by officials at Public Health England shows that between March 25 and April 7, a total of 3,345 arrivals from India were registered in UK border travel data. Reuters file
London, April 22
Heathrow Airport in London, the UK’s largest and busiest airport, has declined requests from at least four international aircraft carriers to land eight extra flights from India on Thursday, ahead of the coronavirus pandemic “red list” travel ban which comes into force from Friday.
The airport said the decision to decline requests for additional flights was taken to ensure that the existing pressures on the border are not “exacerbated”, resulting in long queues and crowds at passport control on arrival.
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Indian students enrolled at British universities who have been studying remotely in India for months and were planning to return for the summer term now that the pandemic is under control in Britain woke up Tuesday to discover they will face huge costs and may struggle to even get a flight after India was added to the UK’s red list of travel ban countries.
On Monday, UK health secretary Matt Hancock said the UK government had taken the difficult but vital decision to add India to the list after detecting 103 cases of the so-called Indian variant in the UK.
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Confusion, panic over India s red list travel ban by UK
Hundreds of Indian students and UK-based Indian-origin families have been sent into a mode of confusion and panic with India being added to Britainâs COVID-19 travel red list , which imposes a ban on entry to the country for all except British or Irish residents. The red list status, which is effective from 4 am local time on Friday, came amid a spike in coronavirus infections in India and also resulted in British Prime Minister Boris Johnson cancelling his planned visit to New Delhi next week.
The ban means that those with valid residency rights returning to the UK after the deadline on Friday face the additional financial burden of compulsory hotel quarantine and tests costs, estimated at around 2,000 pounds per person.