Just like in our country, many other European countries have a travel ban for unnecessary trips abroad. Starting next week, anyone living in England who has no necessary reason to travel abroad, if approved by MPs, will be fined £ 5000 (£ 5800). This is to limit the number of non-essential journeys. This would be part of the new corona laws in England. Starting next week, the ban on leaving the UK will become a specific law, if MEPs pass this law.

The MPs will vote on this on Thursday. May 17 would be the earliest date that people from the United Kingdom would be allowed to go on holiday abroad again. Traveling abroad for non-essential travel from the UK has been banned for some time, but apparently many people do not adhere to this. The order not to travel abroad was actually due to end on March 29.

Government adviser Prof Neil Ferguson from Imperial College London told BBC Radio 4 that border measures should be relaxed more slowly than domestic restrictions. He said, "I think conservatively, and as I am risk averse at the moment, I think we should plan a summer holiday in the UK, not abroad."

Legally permissible reasons according to the English media for overseas travel currently includes: Work, relocation, volunteering, education, visiting a dying family member, medical reasons, and attending weddings or funerals. Vaccination is progressing well, in the UK more than 50% of adults have now received a first dose of a Covid vaccine, compared to only 10% in the EU.

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