Brussels recommends EU members lift UK travel bans

22 December 2020, 4:59 pm

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The European Commission recommends that EU member states lift the blanket bans some have imposed on arrivals from Britain to allow essential journeys and cargo transport to resume.

“Flight and train bans should be discontinued given the need to ensure essential travel and avoid supply chain disruptions,” a statement from the EU executive says.

EU member states are responsible for their own borders, but representatives are to meet later today to study the Commission’s recommendations.

Several EU member states have imposed flight, train and ferry bans on UK arrivals since Britain announced the discovery of a new strain of coronavirus.

— AFP