British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly hears of concerns for NHS workers and football fans
The Home Office has rejected a call to introduce a temporary exemption to its travel scheme for tourists visiting Northern Ireland.
However, a cross-party group of lawmakers from the UK and Ireland have called the scheme “unworkable on the island” as it could provide a barrier to entry for Northern Ireland’s one million tourists coming from abroad each year, 70% of whom arrive in Ireland first - around half of whom are day-trippers.
In a statement, a spokesman said: “We are introducing an electronic travel authorisation scheme to enhance our ability to prevent the travel of those who present a threat to the UK. An exemption of this kind would undermine our efforts to strengthen the security of the UK border and keep people safe.
Lawmakers called on the Irish and UK governments to consider joint work visas that would allow professionals, such as health sector workers, to operate freely on both sides of the border.
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