Central government in Madrid needs to take some rapid action to solve the problems at passport control for British arrivals at Palma airport.
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I've seen the queues in Paris. And Munich. And Amsterdam. And Atlanta. And Chicago. But most of the people in those queues aren't British, so it's irrelevant. There should always be a special lane for UK nationals that waves them through without delay.
Morgan WilliamsHave you never seen the long queues to get in at Luton and that was before Brexit and nothing to stamp.
Which is the entire point of the intended 2022 E-Visa scheme, your time in- and out is logged electronically. But apparently €2.35 a year is too much to pay for the convenience (see parallel story).
It does get busy on certain days. Brits shouldn't be subjected to such inconveniences. Special lanes that have concierge red carpet passport control waving them through need to be set up to minimise any inconvenience to Brits. Does Mallorca want to go back to impoverishment because Brits aren't receiving the exceptional treatment they deserve?
In the ideal world there would be two different queues for British people. The long queue for those who voted for Brexit and the shorter one for those who didn't. That would be fair and democratic.