"Families have told of flights cancelled to funerals, 80th birthday parties and visits to elderly and dying parents. Young parents who were forced to take out citizenship in the EU because of Brexit, but whose children do not yet have British passports, have also been hit. From Wednesday British dual nationals risk not being allowed to board a plane, ferry or train unless they present a current or expired British passport or a certificate of entitlement costing 589, which takes eight weeks to obtain."
"It is unacceptable that British citizens could be penalised, said Will Forster, the Liberal Democrat spokesperson for immigration and asylum, in the letter to Mahmood also signed by 23 other Lib Dem MPs. No British citizen should be denied the right to come home simply because of badly-communicated and ill-thought-out administrative changes, the letter said. It added: I would urge you to move at speed to introduce a grace period to protect those affected."
The Liberal Democrats called on home secretary Shabana Mahmood to delay the rollout of new border controls that risk blocking British dual nationals from entering the country. Former Conservative cabinet minister David Davis also urged a grace period after a constituent could not visit her dying mother in Yorkshire. Families reported cancelled flights to funerals, 80th birthdays and visits to elderly and dying parents, and young parents who took EU citizenship because of Brexit but whose children lack British passports have been affected. From Wednesday dual nationals may be barred from boarding unless they present a British passport or a certificate of entitlement costing 589 and taking eight weeks to obtain. Liberal Democrat spokesperson Will Forster described penalising British citizens as unacceptable and urged swift introduction of a grace period to protect those affected.
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