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I am a Spanish citizen and I would like to travel to the UK from Spain, Edinburgh more specifically. But currently, I would need to self-isolate for 14 days since the country is not on the list of exemptions since the 26 July.

Spain (this does not apply to arrivals from 00:01 on 26 July 2020)

I have friends in other countries which are exempt to make the confinement, Poland for instance. Then I could spend all those days in their home and avoid expensive accommodation in Edinburgh, I think it is not worthwhile paying so much just to stay in a flat all the time. So, my question is:

Can go there to spend the 14 days in self-isolation and then justify in some way that I have been there doing my confinement. Is this possible?

Actually I don’t know where I could ask this question, is there any contact number or email from the UK government where I can reassure this?

I also found that some people could not travel from the UK to Spain by plane? Can that happen to me if the rules change these days?

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Your citizenship is irrelevant, the only question is where you have been recently. So if you are arriving from a country which is exempt from quarantine requirements, and have been there long enough (I think this is 14 days, that needs to be checked), you don't need to quarantine when you arrive in the UK.

If that other country does not require you to quarantine when arriving from Spain, then you don't need to quarantine at all, though you most certainly should.

Note however that countries which are exempt from the quarantine requirement today may not be exempt in 2 weeks, as has been seen repeatedly for many other countries.

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