Passengers queuing at Heathrow clapped as Border Force reopened after a widespread outage left travellers waiting hours to pass through passport control on Tuesday night (7 May).
A passenger has described the “torture” at Heathrow after a nationwide issue with Border Force e-gates caused significant disruption at airports across the country on Tuesday evening (7 May).
UK airports were thrown into chaos this week amid widespread issues with Border Force e-gates, which led to lengthy queues and delays for thousands of passengers
Airport officials said Tuesday that a system outage affecting the Border Force’s immigration gates had caused long waits for passengers arriving in Britain. The issue was resolved early Wednesday.
A “nationwide issue” with Border Force e-gates that caused significant disruption at airports across the country has been resolved, the Home Office has confirmed.
A “nationwide issue” with Border Force e-gates that caused significant disruption at airports across the country has been resolved, the Home Office has confirmed.
Carol Heginbottom, the deputy director of the Small Boats Operational Command, raised her 'deeply worrying' concerns at the new tactics being deployed by desperate migrants to reach the UK.
The Republic is looking at legal avenues to force asylum seekers to return to Northern Ireland , after raising concerns that 80 per cent of recent arrivals had crossed the border.