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People at airports will be asked why they are travelling - and risk being sent home if their trip is not essential

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Sign up for the latest from M.E.N. political editor Jennifer WilliamsPeople travelling from UK airports will be asked why they are travelling during the pandemic - and risk being sent home if their trip is not essential.Home secretary Priti Patel outlined a series of new border measures in an attempt to reduce the number of people travelling.It is understood that airlines will be told to quiz people about their reason for travel before allowing them to board flights - and will face being fined if they fail to do so.Ms Patel told MPs there are "still too many people coming in and out of our country each day" and that holidays abroad were not a valid reason to leave the country.She said new measures would ensure "only a small number of people.

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