The British government has maintained an open borders policy during the coronavirus pandemic, allowing hundreds of private jets to land in the country despite introducing lockdown measures that have forced millions of ordinary citizens into self-isolation.
At lest 545 private jets have landed in the United Kingdom since the lockdown was introduced last month, with 25 confirmed as arriving from Spain, 27 from France, and 32 from Germany. An additional 15 jets have arrived from the United States, the country with the most reported coronavirus cases.
Meanwhile, an estimated 15,000 people are arriving daily on normal flights into the nation’s airports with no mandatory health screenings being carried out and no quarantine requirement, according to The Sunday Times.
The president of epidemiology and public health at the Royal Society of Medicine, Professor Gabriel Scally, said that he found the government’s open borders policy “hard to understand” and “most peculiar”.
Private jet carriers are supposed to limit flights in order to conform with the government’s “essential travel” notice, but many wealthy individuals are reportedly skirting the regulations by lying about their reason for entering the country.
The Civil Aviation Authority, the regulatory body responsible for monitoring flights into the country, said that because it does not monitor the number of private flights, it has “no way of knowing if the hire of private aircraft has increased or declined in recent weeks.”
>sec. story Some 550 illegal boat migrants have reached British shores from France during the period in which the two countries introduced national lockdown measures to stem the spread of the Chinese coronavirus.
The former general-secretary of the Immigration Services Union (ISU), Lucy Moreton, told The Times that: “On a purely statistical basis, someone has to have brought it over”.
Moreton said that migrants were not being tested when they are brought ashore or when they are moved to local council areas, where they are rehoused while they are processed. The Home Office claims that any migrants displaying symptoms of the virus are tested, but Moreton warned that it was difficult to spot signs of the illness after the arduous journey over the Channel.
“When a Border Force vessel picks these people up, there’s no way of assessing symptoms. They are cold, wet and often seasick,” she said.
Owen Howard
Laws don't apply to wealthy people
Josiah Smith
Man, lucky the Brits chose to oppose Hitler.
Jeremiah Russell
We were never "locked" anyway
Muh daily exercise cunts going on multi hour hikes
Sebastian Rogers
Why don't you provide links to the two articles you faggot.
why are berries considered essential? you won't die if you don't eat strawberries.
Tyler Cox
The efforts bongs are going to to ensure infection and death is appreciated. But if you want maximum of both your really going to have to end the lock down.
Robert Watson
It's coming. Some KFCs and Burger Kings have reopened. All fast food places reopen on the 11th, because they're so essential.
Die for capitalism, goy.
Landon Garcia
>But if you want maximum of both your really going to have to end the lock down.
Watching other countries say "fuck this fucking lockdown."
Watching the Brits beg for stronger lockdown & wondering why we aren't saying "fuck this fucking lockdown."???
Carter Butler
>When a Border Force vessel picks these people up, there’s no way of assessing symptoms. So, stop acting as a taxi service and just sink the boats.
Jose Jones
People go to sit in the parks and on the beach in relatively large groups. It's annoying because my dog refuses to go to the toilet on my property so I have to take her out, and weaving in and out of all the imbeciles is becoming increasingly difficult. Where are our bloody April showers? Let the rain keep the plebs in doors. It's actually more difficult to avoid people now than it was before the plague hit (and yes, I have always tried to avoid people unless they have one of the few friendly-looking doggos that my doglet likes to play with).
>OI, LADS N LASSES MUST STAY INDOORS OR WE GUNNA HAVTA LOCK YA UP, FINE YA AND PUBLIKLEE SHAME YA ON YA TELEBOX >Evil lazy Britons are so inept and lazy that non-Britons have to be flown in to do the work they refuse to do Hmm. Typical tricks.
Liam Evans
Private jets are not a serious health risk. They each have what, 5 people on board at most? It's not a concerning virus spreading scenario. On the other hand huge planes with over 100 passangers are.
Oliver Taylor
Not our fault the elite wants to live in an elite country
Nathan Nguyen
>Private jets Meaning rich people, I say go cough on them
Thomas Flores
why do the English elite so despise their own people?
why do they let planes in while locking their own populace down?
Camden Taylor
Oi, you got a loicense to be permitted outside?
Gavin Adams
there are loads of reconnisance planes flying every day now, don't know why
Seems a good time to do it. Not much else in the sky.
RVL group advertise that's what they do among other things.
Ryan Reyes
meanwhile in oz
>Travel to Australia Australia’s borders are closed. Only Australian citizens, residents and immediate family members can travel to Australia.
>Australian Border Force liaison officers at overseas airports will work with airlines to identify anyone who should not board a flight to Australia.
>Quarantine for arrivals All travellers arriving in Australia by air or sea must be isolated in mandatory quarantine accommodation for 14 days from their arrival, with few exceptions.
>The president of epidemiology and public health at the Royal Society of Medicine, Professor Gabriel Scally, said that he found the government’s open borders policy “hard to understand” and “most peculiar”. what a fucking bigot
