Italians stuck in London: now they can return

Part of the Italians who were stuck in the United Kingdom after the blocking of flights from London and other British airports will be able to return to Italy. According to the plan developed by the Farnesina, Italian citizens residing in Italy who have been stuck in Great Britain will be able to return. People who, even if not resident in Italy, are in critical and urgent conditions may also return.

After the agreement reached at the Farnesina with the Ministries of Transport and Health, the Foreign Minister, Luigi Di Maio, signed the ordinance for the return. There is a swab before departure and upon arrival, and a mandatory 14-day quarantine upon arrival. There are no restrictive measures for the goods.

Hundreds of phone calls and requests to consulates had arrived from people who had been blocked since Sunday when Italy and other countries closed their connections with the UK for fear of the spread of the English variant of Covid which is already in our country.

Alitalia alone canceled or postponed the bookings of around 1100 passengers between 20 and 31 December. Calculating the others as well company the number could reach more than 15 thousand people. Many have nowhere to spend the holidays.

Among the people also blocked Josephine Yousseif Italian-Egyptian who had gone to London to bring home her three children, one epileptic and another in a wheelchair. The three children live in London with their ex-husband and Josephine Yousseif was taking them back to Milan to spend Christmas together. «I appeal to the President of the Republic. I have been stuck here for three days with my three children, help us … We do not want to make controversy but I ask for a solution for us Italians too, as happened to the Spaniards who on Monday managed to organize flights to return ».

The British port of London has also been reopened to traffic Dover following the agreement found between the United Kingdom and France. However, it will take many hours for the hundreds of trucks and trucks waiting to move. The port is accessible only “for customers who have tested negative in the Covid test”.

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