Passengers have reported facing long queues at Manchester Airport this morning with one describing the scene at security as a 'shambles'.
03.06.2022 - 12:37 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
On top of facing travel chaos at several airports in the UK, British tourists are also facing long queues when they arrive at their destination. According to complaints on social media, some travellers have had to wait up to three hours to get through passport control in Spain.
Long queues have been reported at airports in holiday hotspots including Majorca, Alicante and Malaga. This is due to the extra checks needed at passport control since Brexit.
UK holidaymakers are only allowed to remain in the Schengen area (a free movement area made up of 26 countries including Spain) for 90 out of 180 days. Every passenger must get their passport inspected manually and date-stamped by police on arrival and departure.
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According to the Irish Mirror, other passengers from the EU have flown through arrivals, leaving some Brits to claim they are getting “preferential treatment” with an “EU fast lane”.
Travellers have been sharing pictures from Malaga Airport which has sectioned off two separate passport queues. One is sealed off with black tape and signposted with a union jack for ‘all passengers’. The other is enclosed with green tape and shows an Irish tricolour and EU flag while labelled for ‘EU citizens’.
“Four hours queue in Malaga airport for non-EU passport holders, meanwhile everyone else walking on,” one person wrote on Twitter. Another added: “We had a three-hour wait at Palma airport, with a very tired 4 year old in tow. ‘Other passports’ no line.”
Meanwhile, some EU passport holders have claimed they are getting “looks that could kill” as they “sail through” while others queue.
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Passengers have reported facing long queues at Manchester Airport this morning with one describing the scene at security as a 'shambles'.
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