Hopes for summer holidays as Malta and Balearic islands 'ready for green list'

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps is due to make an announcement on the 'traffic light' system today

Ministers are set to meet this afternoon to review the current green, amber and red travel lists

This is because more than five million Brits visited Ibiza, Mallorca and Menorca every year before the Covid pandemic. Even if a destination is on the green list, it is important to check the country’s own rules for British tourists coming in Italy, the USA and Croatia could also make the cut, while sources say Israel could move from green to amber.A handful of African nations are also expected to be put on the red list of countries, from where only UK or Irish nationals and UK residents are allowed to return.

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