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Record-breaking Rates Of Border Expulsions
In 2024, the Suðurnes Police have expelled 752 passengers at the Icelandic border in Keflavík Airport. The police district calls for stronger border controls. This is reported in a recent publication by the police. Among the issues the police district highlights…
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Icelandair Demands Similar Border Rules As Other Nordic Countries
According to Vísir, Icelandair wants vaccinated tourists to able to enter the country without showing a negative COVID-test at the border. New proposals for the pandemic restriction are shown at the end of this week. [su_pullquote]Join our High Five Club at either…
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Five Tourists Were Sent Out Of Iceland Today
Five foreign tourists who could not show the relevant certificates at the border have been removed from the country this morning, RÚV reports. This is not the first time people have had to be removed from the country. The new regulations were…
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Stricter Measures Proposed At The Border And More Vaccines On The Way.
Þórólfur Guðnason, the country’s chief epidemiologist, has submitted a new proposal to the Minister of Health regarding measures at the border. He also disclosed that tens of thousands more vaccines would be coming to Iceland by late March. Þórólfur spoke with Bítin á…
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Tourist Board Cautiously Optimistic About The Summer
The head of the Icelandic Tourist Board has sounded a note of cautious optimism regarding foreign tourism in Iceland this summer. Writing in Fréttablaðið this morning, Bjarnheiður Hallsdóttir stated that the new border testing regime, which takes effect on 1st of May,…
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New Border Policy: Double Screening For All, No Quarantine Option, Starting Today
New regulations, which go into effect today, tighten controls at the border further with the aim of stopping the spread of the coronavirus in Iceland. Domestic restrictions have been going well for the most part: domestic incidence is steadily declining, with daily…
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Fingerprints And Face Photos To Be Taken Of Non-Schengen Residents Visiting Iceland In 2022
Starting in 2022, Iceland will be taking up new border surveillance technology that will be used across the Schengen Area, Fréttablaðið reports. The system, created by the French tech company IDEMIA, would apply to anyone from outside the Schengen Area visiting Iceland.…
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Stricter Measures At Border For Residents Than Tourists
Chief Epidemiologist Þórolfur Guðnason wants Icelanders and people living in Iceland to quarantine for a few days upon arrival into the country, after their initial test, and then go back for a second test a few days later, Vísir reports. They would…
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Epidemiologist Hints At Future Exemptions To COVID-19 Border Screenings
Future passengers from certain countries may be exempt from completing a 14-day quarantine period or being screened for COVID-19 on arrival in Iceland, according to Chief Epidemiologist, Þórólfur Guðnason. In a press briefing held on June 22nd, Þórólfur stated that the data…
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Iceland Welcomes You Again: These Doors Are Gonna Swing Wide!
It’s official: nationals from Schengen Area are now allowed to enter Iceland. And, as of July 1st, nationals from outside of the Schengen Area will be permitted to come to Iceland as well, RÚV reports—even if other Schengen Area states keep their…
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Icelanders Protest US Border Policy & European Refugee Policy
Icelanders, upset at US policy of separating children from asylum seeker parents at the border with the country, are starting to speak up to the US embassy in Reykjavík. They have also organised a more broad-based protest for this Thursday. The whole…