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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Lucy Thackray

British grandmother travelling to meet grandchild ‘devastated’ after being denied boarding to New Zealand

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A British grandmother was “devastated” to fly halfway to New Zealand to meet her newborn grandchild — only to be told she had been denied entry to the country.

Lois Crumpton, aged 80, was travelling to visit her son Tom and meet his youngest child, William, for the first time, when she was told she could not fly into New Zealand due to immigration concerns.

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