Wednesday April 14, 2021, 5:23 PM
Travellers arriving at Heathrow are being forced to queue for up to six hours to pass through immigration controls, an airport executive said.
Chief solutions officer Chris Garton told MPs that “the situation is becoming untenable” and the police have been forced to step in.
Giving evidence to the Commons Transport Select Committee, he explained that wait times in recent days have typically been “well in excess of two hours and up to six hours”.
He said: “We’re starting to see disruption in some of the arriving passengers.
“If you’re made to queue for two or three hours, it’s not something you want to do, and we’re even having to involve the police service to help us.”
Heathrow arrivals are being forced to queue at immigration for up to SIX HOURS
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