Canary Islands panic as Lanzarote tourists facing airport chaos

Protests have recently taken place over an influx of tourism to the Canary Islands (Image: Getty Images) Tourists heading to the Canary Islands have been warned to expect huge queues at passport control. Lanzarote airport currently has a shortage of passport control personnel and the Spanish government has been urged to place more National Police at the airport as a result. The extra personnel have been requested due to concerns over operational delays.

There have been complaints of queues to get passports stamped, especially from British visitors who are required to have theirs stamped after leaving the EU. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.createElement('script');el.

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