Welsh schoolboy, 9, stuck abroad and unable to fly home after border control block
A schoolboy who has been born and raised in Wales is currently stuck overseas and prevented from boarding his flight home due to a recent Home Office rule change. David Toropu, from Cardiff, was told he was unable to fly back home to the UK upon check-in. The nine-year-old then became stuck in Romania, with his mother, Christina, staying behind with her son and desperately trying to resolve the apparent issue. During the first week of the Easter holidays, David, Christina, her husband and her stepson, had enjoyed a rugby tour to Venice. After a four-night stay, the family travelled to check in at Milan airport on Thursday (April 2) for their return flight to London Gatwick. They anticipated to sail through the process smoothly, like they had done on their way out, but were instead told David would not be able to board as UK border control had no record of his UK residency, reports Wales Online. Despite being born in Cardiff and spending his whole life in Wales, David holds a Romanian passport …
