Britain.. Passport staff strike at 6 airports

Border Force employees in Britain began a strike today, demanding an increase in their wages, in a move that impedes travel procedures at British airports during the festive period.

The strike includes passport control staff at a number of Britain's most important airports, such as Heathrow and Gatwick in London, which will affect the travel procedures of tens of thousands of people to and from Britain.

The strike of border security employees is the latest in a series of widespread strikes in Britain in several sectors.

To demand an increase in wages in light of the unprecedented rise in prices as a result of the inflation that the country suffers from.

The airport strike today (including Heathrow, Gatwick, Manchester, Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow and New Haven airports) coincides with another strike that also began today for postal transport workers, and another strike for train employees that begins on Christmas Eve (yesterday evening), noting that the nursing sector witnessed an unprecedented strike this week.

The strike of passport employees will continue from today until December 26, to stop for two days before resuming from December 28 to 31.

This period is considered one of the busiest periods in airports during the Christmas and New Year holidays.

Heathrow Airport alone is expecting 579 flights on Friday, including the arrival of 10,000 passengers before 7 am, according to the BBC.

The six airports included in the strike are scheduled to witness the arrival of 1,290 flights today, which means that a quarter of a million passengers may arrive in Britain in one day, according to the statistics of the "Cirium" company specialized in air movements.

Over the days of the strike, 8,910 flights are scheduled to land at the six airports, with the potential arrival of 1.8 million passengers.

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