UK blocks travel authorisation for Finnish MP Päivi Räsänen

Päivi Räsänen, a member of Finland's Parliament, says the United Kingdom refused her Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA), forcing her to change travel plans and avoid a scheduled stop in London. The Christian Democrat MP said she had planned to return from the United States to Finland through Heathrow Airport. She said the ETA application received an automatic approval before British authorities withdrew the authorisation days before her departure, leaving her to book a different route home.