In the first three quarters of 2019 just over 2,200 people from the EU were turned away at the border compared with 11,600 in the first three quarters of 2023.
Since the last full year before the Covid lockdowns curtailed travel and the UK's exit from the EU in 2020, the number of German nationals turned away has increased fivefold, from 80 in the whole of 2019 to 411 in the year ending September 2023.
The data lays bare the impact of the end of free movement after Brexit but will also renew questions about the hostility shown by Border Force officials given the agreement between the EU and UK to allow 90-day visa-free travel in both directions.
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