Britain’s new requirement for travellers to the UK from 22 countries to quarantine in hotels for 10 days could be in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), an international law firm has said. Home Secretary Priti Patel announced the measures on Wednesday, telling Parliament that the government “will introduce a new managed isolation process in hotels for those who cannot be refused entry, including those arriving home, from countries where we have already imposed an international travel ban.” Under the new rules, Patel said inbound travellers from countries on the travel ban list will be required to isolate in hotels “for 10 days without exception.” But human rights law firm PGMBM suggested prior to the announcement that if travellers who know, through testing, that they do not have the virus, and are consequently not at risk of transmitting the disease, are made to quarantine in hotels, their …
UK’s Hotel Quarantine for Travelers Could Amount to ‘Illegal Detention’: Law Firm
January 27, 2021
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