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An Indian national was arrested at Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Sunday night while trying to board a UK-bound flight with a fake visa. He was identified as Shakthivel (26). The man was trying to secure a boarding pass for a Biman flight when an official suspected his visa was fake, Alamgir Hossain, additional superintendent (ops and media) of Airport APBn,
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There will also be an exemption until 4am on January 21 for people who began their journey in:
Antigua and Barbuda
Barbados
Which countries are subject to travel bans?
Travel to and from all of South America, Portugal and Cape Verde was banned from 4am last Friday.
British and Irish nationals as well as people with residency rights will be exempt, but will have to self-isolate for ten days with their household on returning from any countries on the banned list.
A similar ban was put into place for South Africa on December 23 last year, after another new variant was identified by scientists. On January 9, the rules were also applied to Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Eswatini, Zambia, Malawi, Lesotho, Mozambique, Angola, Seychelles and Mauritius.
UK-EU border freight problems persist – and may worsen
Will Waters and Stuart Todd | 2021-01-21 13:52:32.0
As cross-Channel freight volumes return to normal levels and forwarders, hauliers and exporters struggle with hugely changed systems, UK government modelling predicts an increase in truck tailbacks and shipment backlogs
As UK-EU cross-Channel freight volumes return to normal levels and forwarders, hauliers and exporters continue to struggle with hugely changed systems, UK government modelling predicts an increase in truck tailbacks and shipment backlogs in the coming days and weeks. And freight forwarding sources believe the problems will continue for weeks or month, as exporters and forwarders deal with complex changes.
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2021-01-21 13:16:22.0
Behind the scenes, drivers and shipments are being held up because they lack the right documents, with exporters and forwarders dealing with complex changes that make it arguably simpler to send something from the UK to Ghana now than it is to send something to Germany, says Metro Shipping’s Grant Liddell
The Channel ports may be quiet, but behind the scenes, drivers are being held up for hours and even days because they lack the right documents. European carriers are suspending UK services and European located businesses have stopped serving UK markets.