Irish comedian Peter Flanagan arrived in Malaga Airport and recorded himself zooming past a queue of Brits who were waiting for non-EU border control
16:52, 18 Jun 2025Updated 16:56, 18 Jun 2025
Brits have a longer wait post Brexit (Image: izusek via Getty Images)
A holidaymaker has divulged the advantages of travelling with an Irish passport post-Brexit, as he breezed through immigration at Malaga Airport while a long line of Brits queued for non-EU border control.
Comedian Peter Flanagan captured his smooth passage and couldn’t resist a cheeky jibe at the longer lines. Mocking the waiting Brits, he quipped: “The humble and brave country of Ireland. Look at that now, oh yeah, that’s good, that’s good.”
Since Britain’s departure from the EU in 2020, British passport holders have been stripped of the free movement privilege once enjoyed within the EU and now have to join separate queues at EU borders.
Reacting to his TikTok footage, one viewer remarked: “Yes, UK passport holders will be able to use e-gates in the EU, following an agreement between the UK and the EU, though implementation will be phased in starting in October 2025.”
Another chimed in with a personal anecdote: “I showed my Irish passport to UK customs officer and he said at least you have a real passport!”.
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Another Irish citizen agreed, saying: “I showed my Irish passport in France and his words to me were “’Irish very good people, you go here’ pointing me to a desk with no one waiting! The other queue was at least 100 long.”
Another commented on the Brexit vote’s consequences: “This is what we voted for. Some of us were educated and knew this kind of thing would happen and didn’t vote for this.”
Peter’s Irish passport was the ticket towards a queue-free immigration gate (stock)(Image: Getty Images)
Yet another defended the wait: “We British people would rather spend an extra 10 minutes waiting for immigration than waste billions to support the EU bureaucracy.”
One commenter wrote: “hhahahahhHAHAHAH I’m from Malaga, I’ve been at the airport thousand of times I can tell you FOR A FACT, that that empty lane he just walked into leads to a row of automatic scanners THAT DO NOT WORK (never have) so right after this video switched off, he turned around and got back in the queue.”