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Neil Shaw

Brits could be banned from holidays anywhere in EU despite vaccine

All UK holidaymakers could be banned from taking a break anywhere in the EU - including Portugal, Spain, Greece and Italy.

The move would come despite any country being added to the green list for safe travel by the UK Government and would be regardless of your vaccination status.

German chancellor Angela Merkel will today try to get the EU to impose the ban on UK travellers and holidaymakers by having Britain declared a 'country of concern', reports The Times.

The plans will be discussed on Monday by senior officials in the European Union.

If it goes ahead, no-one from the UK would be able to go on holiday to destinations such as the Balearics, Cyprus or Malta.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has invited Angela Merkel to the UK to discuss the move, among other issues.

It comes as the UK prepares to add more countries to the green list - meaning anyone who travels to those destinations does not have to quarantine for 10 days on arrival back in the UK.

And the UK Government is looking at whether people who have had two doses of the vaccine could ravel to amber list countries without having to quarantine.

Which countries have recently been added to the green list?

  • Malta

  • Balearic Islands - Mallorca (Majorca), Menorca, Ibiza, and Formentera

  • Madeira

  • Caribbean Islands - Anguila, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, and Turks and Caicos Islands

Countries that have remained on the green list

  • Australia

  • Brunei

  • Singapore

  • South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

  • St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

  • Falkland Islands

  • Faroe Islands

  • Gibraltar

  • Iceland

  • Israel and Jerusalem

  • New Zealand

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