More Border Force officials are needed at Heathrow Airport where coronavirus checks are sparking six-hour queues for passengers at immigration halls, MPs have been told. Airport boss Emma Gilthorpe has called for more resources so that all the border desks could be manned to reduce the waiting time customers are facing. She told the Commons Home Affairs Committee today that Border Force was already under a 'huge amount of pressure' at the airport and there were 'unacceptable levels of queueing'. One person warned: 'This is how you spread the virus''The extra layers that have been introduced are crippling the resourcing capability that Border Force has in place.' Heathrow pinned the blame for the delays on the Home Office, saying Border Force desks were not sufficiently staffed to deal with arrivals and Covid-19 checks.

Source: Daily Mail March 10, 2021 15:14 UTC