Britain brings in new paperwork for lockdown travellers

cde.news desk 5 March 2021, 17:00 · 1 min read

Passengers board a EuroStar train at St.Pancras International train station in London, Britain, 22 January 2021. EuroStar is facing serious financial difficulties as passenger numbers have dramatically fallen since March 2010 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. France and the UK are in talks over a rescue package. EPA-EFE/ANDY RAIN

LONDON, March 5 (Reuters) – Britain said on Friday it would require people travelling abroad from March 8 to carry a new form setting out why their trip was permitted under strict lockdown restrictions.

Under current lockdown rules, holidays are banned and only those travelling for specific work or family reasons are allowed to go abroad. The government said the new form would help it to police those rules.

Britain has said that people might be able to travel again from mid-May, with more information due in mid-April. The government flagged that it would be introducing the new form for people to justify their travel in late January. (Reporting by Sarah Young; editing by Michael Holden)

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