Chaos has been reported at airports across the UK – as two airports have confirmed a nationwide border issue.
Both Stansted and Gatwick airports said the issue was related to e-gates at passport control.
A Heathrow spokesperson said: “Border Force is currently experiencing a nationwide issue which is impacting passengers being processed through the border.
“Our teams are supporting Border Force with their contingency plans to help resolve the problem as quickly as possible and are on hand to provide passenger welfare. We apologise for any impact this is having to passenger journeys.”
Manchester Airport also confirmed that the UK Border System is down as part of a nationwide outage.
A London Gatwick spokesperson said: “Some passengers may experience delays at immigration due to a nationwide issue with UK Border Force e-gates.
“Our staff are working with UK Border Force – who operate passport control including the e-gates – to provide assistance to passengers where necessary.”
It said its teams are working to assist passengers in the airport.
One passenger at Heathrow Airport said they had already been in the queue for an hour and it was “only getting bigger”.
They added “no information” had been given about how long it may take to resolve the issue.
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