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Travel chaos is being reported in many airports across Spain with some holidaymakers facing long queues after they touch down, reports The Mirror.
It seems the Irish people getting through checks quickly while Brits are held up in queues has got some people angry.
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Majorca, Alicante and Malaga are among the Spanish airports where long queues are being reported.
Many Spanish airports have created separate queues for British and EU passport holders, leaving some Brits to claim that Irish citizens are getting “preferential treatment” with an “EU fast lane”.
One person tweeted: “Massive queues for non-EU passport control at Malaga Airport yesterday morning. In less than a minute we Irish passport holders were waived through with a smile. If looks could kill!”
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Another tweeted: “A photo from immigration lanes at Malaga airport. British holidaymakers have had 4 hour delays getting a manual date stamp in their passport. I don’t think it was entirely necessary to have both an EU and an Irish flag on the other lane but whoever did it Sir/Madam I salute you.”
Another added: “Recently arrived in Spain. A woman was complaining about British passports being sent to a long queue, Irish go the other way. I politely pointed out that this is our new normal. ‘Oh well. Yes, I suppose so’ she grumbled. FFS, what planet are these people on?”
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