UK holidaymakers are not only facing travel chaos at many of our airports trying to leave the country - but some are facing even longer queues when they touch down. Travellers have been complaining on social media that they have spent up to three hours in queues just to get into Spain.
Majorca, Alicante and Malaga are among the Spanish airports where long queues are being reported at certain times, as Brits are delayed due to the extra checks needed at passport control since Brexit. British tourists are only allowed to stay in the Schengen area (a free movement area without border controls that includes 26 countries including Spain) for 90 out of 180 days. Each passenger must get their passport inspected manually and date-stamped by police on arrival and departure.
According to the Irish Mirror, other passengers from the EU have flown through arrivals, leaving some Brits to claim they are getting “preferential treatment” with an “EU fast lane”.
