International Travel

The government has announced an update to the traffic light list for international travel, which takes a cautious approach to reopening travel abroad which protects public health and the vaccine rollout.

  • We have all always known that travelling abroad would be different this year, and the government continue to take a cautious approach to reopening international travel in a way that protects public health and the vaccine rollout.
     
  • That is why, following a regular review of the traffic light list for international travel, which is updated in line with the latest scientific advice, it has unfortunately been necessary to move Portugal to the amber list to safeguard public health against potential new variants which have been identified there, and moved seven countries onto the red list.
     
  • Our top priority is protecting the health of the public and while we are making great progress in the UK with the vaccine rollout, it is still important for everyone to play their part in protecting public health by not travelling to destinations outside the green list.
  • This was not an easy decision and will have been a disappointment to many people but we need to balance the wish to travel with the need to minimise the risk of new variants of COVID-19 coming into the country and do not jeopardise plans to further relax social distancing requirements later in June.

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