Chess player from China denied passage to UK from Gibraltar, lacked transit visa

Posted on February 5, 2013 • Filed under: Europe, Travel News, United Kingdom

According to guardian.co.uk a top Chinese chess player has found herself stuck between the Rock and a hard place after an airline refused to allow her to board a flight to London following a tournament in Gibraltar because she did not hold a transit visa to enter the UK. u Wenjun found herself stranded after taking part in the 11th annual Tradewise chess festival held in Gibraltar, having travelled there on 19 January via London from Hong Kong on a British Airways flight. Read Article

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