"The first the family knew about the new border rules was when they tried to check in for their return flights. We tried to check in on the app and it allowed me to check in but not Hanne, said her mother, Ingrid. When we got to the airport and they wouldn't let her check in either. The airline, Norwegian, rang the British embassy in Copenhagen but they could not help."
"The Government's hopeless planning and communication of its changes to entry requirements for dual nationals has caused an untold amount of chaos and stress. Too many dual nationals have found themselves stranded abroad in heartbreaking situations, missing funerals, weddings, or in the case of my constituents, missing critical school exams."
"Obviously it is very stressful. We are very worried about the GCSEs, she is missing school, missing her mother, her siblings and all the other things in her life. It will be a disaster if she can't come back soon."
A British schoolgirl was prevented from boarding a flight home to London after visiting her father in Copenhagen because she lacked a British passport and fell under new UK border rules for dual nationals. Her family was unaware of the rule change until attempting to check in at the airport. The teenager, who is sitting her GCSEs in May, has missed two weeks of school and faces a six-week passport wait. Her MP criticized the government's poor planning and communication regarding dual national entry requirements, stating the policy has caused widespread chaos and stress. An immigration lawyer suggested the Home Office may be breaching child welfare laws.
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