Thread by @org_scp

Here's what @TelegraphTravel won't tell you.

1. No passenger can be forced to undergo invasive medical procedure (PCR/LFT) at a port of entry/exit. Even if tests are free.

2. #VaccinePassports as a condition of departure/entry are *illegal*

(contd.)

telegraph.co.uk/travel/advice/…

🔴 If rules change in international airspace before you arrive e.g. #Gibraltar #Iceland et al - international law *doesn't change*.

You can't be forced to take an invasive test & threatened with non-entry. Medical procedure needs fully informed consent.

🔴 Pilots like the one on @Ryanair who threatened passengers with local police due to facemasks are employees of an airline, i.e. a PLC,

They have no authority on domestic or international laws other than legitimate passenger safety concerns on their craft.

🔴 IHR (2005), Chapter Five.

1. A State Party may require for public health purposes, on arrival or departure.

(a.) with regards to travellers, (iii.) a non invasive medical examination which is the least intrusive examination that would achieve the public health objective.

🔴 Article 43: Additional Health Measures.

1. "..such measures shall not be more restrictive of international traffic & not more invasive or intrusive to persons than reasonably available alternatives that would achieve the appropriate level of health protection".