EU to open UK borders to get stranded people home for the holidays
The European Commission recommends lifting blanket UK travel bans as truck drivers remain stranded and supermarket shelves empty
22 December 2020 - 17:45
Brussels/London — The EU executive threw Britain a lifeline on Tuesday after it became stranded in Covid-19 isolation, recommending that EU members roll back sweeping border closures to allow freight to resume and let people return home for Christmas.
Much of the world shut their borders to Britain after a mutated variant of the coronavirus was discovered spreading swiftly across southern England, halting a chunk of trade with the rest of Europe and leaving truckers stranded...
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