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Wednesday, May 8

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Heathrow passengers cheer as Border Force reopens after widespread outage at UK airports

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).

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Heathrow passenger discusses chaos of UK e-gate airport outage: ‘Very torturous’

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).

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UK airport chaos: Everything you need to know about travel rights as passport control e-gates cause huge queues

www.mirror.co.uk

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

09

'Crazy' queues and passengers 'stuck on planes' as 'technical issue' hits UK airport

The Border Force eGate crashed at major airports across the UK

06

Outage Causes Delays at U.K. Airports’ Immigration Checkpoints

www.nytimes.com

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.

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Passport e-gates back online after widespread outage at UK airports

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.

Passport e-gates back online after widespread outage at UK airports

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.

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E-gates back online after delays at UK airports

www.bbc.co.uk

Long queues built up at airports affected by a Border Force "technical issue" at passport control.

Tuesday, May 7

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Passengers 'stuck on planes' with 'crazy' queues at border control as 'technical issue' hits Manchester Airport

The Border Force eGates crashed causing major delays for passengers across the UK

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UK airport chaos after Border Force passport e-gates crash nationwide

www.standard.co.uk

Officials at Gatwick and Heathrow airports have said the issue is nationwide

22

Travel chaos at ALL UK airports with passengers stuck in ‘huge’ queues as Border Force suffers nationwide IT glitch

www.thesun.co.uk

THOUSANDS of passengers are facing chaos across all UK airports after are experiencing due to a nationwide IT glitch.

Travel chaos at ALL UK airports with passengers stuck in ‘huge’ queues as Border Force suffers nationwide IT glitch

THOUSANDS of passengers are facing chaos across all UK airports after are experiencing due to a nationwide IT glitch.

Travel chaos at ALL UK airports with passengers stuck in ‘huge’ queues as Border Force suffers nationwide IT glitch

www.the-sun.com

THOUSANDS of passengers are facing chaos across all UK airports after are experiencing due to a nationwide IT glitch.

Monday, May 6

16

Channel migrant arrivals top 8,500 so far this year: Up to a dozen asylum seekers land in Dover after traffickers took advantage of calm conditions with another 300 making journey to UK over weekend

www.dailymail.co.uk

The migrants, which appear to number around a dozen, were pictured being shepherded ashore at Dover by Border Force officers this morning.

Tuesday, Apr 30

11

People Smugglers Using Children as Human Shields Against French Police, Says UK Border Force

www.breitbart.com

Violence from people-smuggling gangs and illegal migrants along the French coastline is escalating, a British Border Force official warned.

Monday, Apr 29

12

Children being used by migrants as 'human shields' on French beaches to stop police reaching their boats, Border Force official claims

www.dailymail.co.uk

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.

Heathrow UK Border Force strike begins – but no one seems to notice

www.independent.co.uk

‘It was kind of ridiculously easy’ – Angie, a Delta passenger from Boston to the UK’s busiest airport

Sunday, Apr 28

18

Ireland clashes with UK as Dublin vows to close 'loophole' of asylum seekers crossing the border to avoid being deported to Rwanda - with Rishi Sunak claiming it shows policy is already working

www.dailymail.co.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.

Friday, Apr 26

12

Border Force ‘technical issues’ cause chaos at major UK airports leaving passengers stuck in queues

www.independent.co.uk

Passengers reported a huge queues and described the situation as an ‘absolute shambles’

11

EasyJet issues urgent warning to all UK tourists over 'nationwide problem'

A Border Force outage caused huge queues at some airports on Thursday afternoon and passengers were warned to expect delays