{"id":120838,"date":"2021-12-14T06:25:58","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T05:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=120838"},"modified":"2021-12-14T06:25:58","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T05:25:58","slug":"uae-bars-entry-to-nigerian-travellers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/12\/14\/uae-bars-entry-to-nigerian-travellers\/","title":{"rendered":"UAE bars entry to Nigerian travellers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced a travel restriction on passengers from Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo.<\/p>\n<p>This new directive was issued by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/11\/16\/emirates-ban-fg-announces-possible-resumption-of-flights-to-uae\/\">UAE<\/a> owing to the<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0surge in the countries\u2019 COVID-19 cases from passengers of the two countries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Recall that\u00a0<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Air Peace had requested for a slot of three weekly flights from Nigeria to Sharjah Airport in UAE, but only one was granted by the country\u2019s General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The UAE&#8217;s GCAA blamed the airline for<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> pulling out of Sharjah Airport and \u201cso should not expect to retain its flight frequency there\u201d \u2014 a claim Air Peace has denied.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In retaliation to the UAE\u2019s treatment of Air Peace, the federal government dropped Emirate&#8217;s slots from 21 to one.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The move made the Dubai-based Emirates suspend all its flights to Nigeria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisdaylive.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/13\/in-retaliatory-move-uae-stops-international-airlines-from-flying-nigerian-passengers-to-dubai\/\">ThisDay quotes<\/a> a directive from the UAE-bound airline as saying that the country has directed all carriers not to accept passengers from Nigeria and DR Congo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDue to an increasing number of COVID Positive passengers at the destination, it is decided to suspend accepting passengers to U.A.E. from Nigeria and Congo DRC (FIH) only. This is effective today, 13th December 2021,\u201d the message reads.<\/p>\n<p>Ethiopian Airlines, Turkish Airlines, and other airlines that fly Nigerians to Dubai via their operational hubs have started rejecting Nigerian passengers in compliance with the directive.<\/p>\n<p>A source close to Ethiopian Airlines also confirmed the development to the newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday they have to offload Dubai passengers. So no airline wants to carry Nigerian passengers to Dubai. They said Nigerians are testing positive to COVID-19; that is why some airlines are not carrying them. It is just like they did the last time,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced a travel restriction on passengers from Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo. This new directive was issued by the UAE owing to the\u00a0surge in the countries\u2019 COVID-19 cases from passengers of the two countries. 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