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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Miles Brignall

‘I was in tears’: Briton with valid passport barred from flight over Brexit rules

British passport on travel guides
Is your passport more than 10 years old on the day of entry? Photograph: David Burton/Alamy

Travellers who have not used their passport for a while were this week being urged to dig it out and check it conforms to the post-Brexit rules for entering the EU – because if it doesn’t, you will almost certainly be denied boarding this summer.

Despite previous warnings in Guardian Money and some other publicity, UK travellers trying to enter the Schengen zone are being turned away on a daily basis by airline staff at boarding gates – in most cases because their UK passport was issued more than 10 years ago.

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