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Sealand: the 'micronation' defying the UK and Covid

Anna Malpas of AFP, Published on 08/12/2021

» SEALAND: It's a hulking metal-and-concrete platform in the North Sea that has been run as an independent micronation in defiance of the UK government for the last 54 years. But even on Sealand, some 11 kilometres off the coast of southeast England, visitors have to show a negative Covid-19 test before being winched up onto the deck.