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Reuters
Reuters
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Sergio Goncalves

Long queues at Lisbon airport to extend into summer - Union

FILE PHOTO: People wait in queues at Faro airport amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Faro, Portugal, June 6, 2021. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes/File Photo

Long lines of passengers forced to wait hours at Lisbon airport are unlikely to ease into the main summer tourist season despite plans to almost double border control staff, the union chief for Portugal's border and immigration service SEF warned on Monday.

On Sunday, passengers waited for more than three hours in arrivals at the capital's airport, according to airport management company ANA, which in a statement blamed the SEF for insufficient numbers of staff and border checkpoints.

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