The use of Ireland as a “back door into Britain” for travellers from Dubai was “unacceptable” and direct flights from the emirate city may have to stop, an expert in infectious disease has warned. The fact that we are a back door into Britain for people coming in from Dubai is not acceptable. It has been suggested hundreds of passengers were booking flights to Ireland and, when they landed at Dublin, they were flying on to their final destination in Britain. The special exemptions in Britain for passengers arriving from Ireland raises the risk that those transiting via Dublin could pass off their journeys as having begun in Ireland. That would mean they could avail of the exemption from restrictions that applies in Britain to newly arrived passengers from Ireland.

Source: The Irish Times February 07, 2021 15:53 UTC