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Heathrow border queue waits stretch up to six hours, causing misery for 10,000 passengers
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Updated: Apr 14 2021, 20:05 ET
A PRIVATE company is to carry out 10,000 home visits every day to check Brits are complying with holiday quarantine rules, it is claimed.
The Home Office has hired Mitie to increase the number of daily checks ten-fold, with 1,000 carried out at present.
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The number of checks being made is putting a big burden on border officialsCredit: The Sun
It is one of several steps being taken to crack down on quarantine rule breakers, The Times reports.
Travellers arriving at Heathrow Airport already face significant delays due to coronavirus checks at the border - despite non-essential travel being banned.
Passenger collapses at Heathrow after waiting in seven-hour queue Henry Martin For Mailonline © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo
A passenger collapsed at Heathrow Airport following a seven-hour wait as travellers are forced to queue up due to coronavirus checks at the border, it has been claimed.
Around 800 border staff are working at Heathrow and that all are currently in work subject to the normal reasons for absence, according to the Immigration Services Union (ISU).
Spokeswoman Lucy Moreton earlier told MailOnline the queues are taking so long because travellers cannot use eGates due to the government requirement to check 100 per cent compliance with Covid-19 border restrictions.
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Hopes soar that sun-starved Brits could jet off to European hotspots including France, Spain and Italy this summer
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Updated: Apr 15 2021, 5:00 ET
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SUN-starved Brits will find out in early May where they can jet to on holiday with hopes soaring that European hotspots will be open this summer.
PM Boris Johnson could grant their wishes when he reveals which countries are Covid-secure for tourists under the “traffic lights” system.
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Greece said yesterday it will welcome jabbed and tested Brits from next week.
EasyJet is readying its mothballed aircraft and boss Johan Lundgren believes France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Croatia, Cyprus and Turkey will make the “green light” list in the next few months.
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