British travellers count cost of Portugal’s sudden removal from green list

Many are critical of the arbitrary' decision after spending large sums on tests, flights and hotels they now can't use

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Travellers with trips booked to Portugal were scrambling to change their plans on Thursday, after the government said the country was being taken off the UK's green list" of destinations. Many people now face being left hundreds of pounds out of pocket or unable to get to work once back home because of quarantine.

Luke Ashford, 33, an advertising director who lives in Norwich, had been looking forward to going on his first holiday since the pandemic began.