Brits call for Greek restrictions to be eased

Award-winning crime novelist David Young is leading a last-ditch campaign by British second-home and boat owners calling on the government to allow the former European Union citizens to spend up to six months in Greece at any one time.

Because of Brexit, unless the rules change, British visitors will only be able to spend 90 days in a row in Greece or any other EU country from January 1, 2021 under the Schengen arrangement. After that, they will have to leave for a similar amount of time.

Young, who has a house on Syros, said in a written statement that this is unfair to British owners who bought their properties and boats while they had free movement as EU citizens: "We realize it is the Brexit decision that has caused this - but we invested in Greece in good faith; many of us did not vote for Brexit and vehemently oppose it. We hope the Greek government will act...