EU citizens will be banned from using ID cards to enter UK from October - The Telegraph

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EU citizens will be banned from using ID cards to enter UK from October - The Telegraph

 

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Home Secretary Priti Patel arrives for a cabinet meeting at the FCO in London, Britain September 22, 2020. Leon Neal/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - European Union citizens will be banned from using ID cards to enter Britain from October amidst growing concern about the proliferation of fake European IDs, the Telegraph reported https://bit.ly/3q5gdod on Thursday.

 

British interior minister Priti Patel is using Brexit to change the rules so that EU ID cards can no longer be used as travel documents. Instead, visiting EU nationals will have to present passports at UK borders, the report said.

 

(Reporting by Radhika Anilkumar in Bengaluru; Editing by Leslie Adler)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2021-01-08

 

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[ourmanflint]

About time. Never really understood why we didn't insist on passports when in the EU

[robblok]

5 hours ago, ourmanflint said:

About time. Never really understood why we didn't insist on passports when in the EU

Just maybe because there were no borders. You did not need it following the agreements an ID card was enough.

 

Seems only logical that they need passports now the UK is no longer part of the EU.

 

Not sure why this is aproblem.

[robblok]

2 minutes ago, transam said:

Really, how do you know that...?

He is right that most Europeans don't want to visit the UK. I mean there are over 400 million Europeans. Only 6.9 million visited the UK. (google is your friend). 18 million Brits visited  Spain. So it seems that the UK is not really that liked by Europeans compared to other countries.

 

Even the Netherlands has more tourists from the EU then the UK. 

 

I think most tourists from EU go to warmer countries. 

 

All the data is available online. 

 

Not making any comments on the food as that is taste depended. But the weather is for me and others important. The UK has the same crappy weather in general as the Netherlands.

 

 

[robblok]

2 minutes ago, Nout said:

Any evidence for this assertion? Are people allowed in your country with no passport? Are Europeans queuing to get into your country?

I just gave evidence and google is your friend. Look up the EU visitors to UK and then look up how many Europeans there are. So he is right with his assertion. Not sure why people make such a big deal out of it.

When i said in my post EVEN means the Dutch are also not that well liked tourist wise. In Europe the tourist countries are Spain, France, Italy, Greece. Why because of the sun and the sea. 

 

Is it that much of an insult that your not a tourist country. 

[robblok]

1 minute ago, transam said:

You are twisting my words, I have never said EU folk wanted to be in the UK.

You keep reminding me you are better than most as you are educated, well if so, try not twisting others written words....Thank you.....

You were doubting him asking him how he knew. He probably knew how to use google. 

[robblok]

2 minutes ago, transam said:

Forgot, so now I have a "warped world view", PLEASE explain that in full.....

Yes you do if you think the UK is a tourist country and people from the EU are waiting in line to visit then yes. You doubted him so obviously you did not agree.

[robblok]

Just now, KC 71 said:

One could say the same about certain other countries too

Totally right, the tourist countries in Europe are Italy, France, Spain, Greece. The rest not so much. 

[Rimmer]

Some troll, baiting and bickering posts have been removed. Good grief people stop it will ya

[BritManToo]

1 hour ago, robblok said:

Not sure why this is aproblem.

.......  So it seems that the UK is not really that liked by Europeans compared to other countries.

It's a problem because all the news agencies are left wing globalists.

I'm a Brit and I don't like the UK either, unless you want easy benefits, absolutely no reason to go.

No cheap wine, warm beaches or easy sex to be had, which is what most people want from a holiday.

Edited January 8, 2021 by BritManToo

[vogie]

38 minutes ago, robblok said:

He is right that most Europeans don't want to visit the UK. I mean there are over 400 million Europeans. Only 6.9 million visited the UK. (google is your friend). 18 million Brits visited  Spain. So it seems that the UK is not really that liked by Europeans compared to other countries.

 

Even the Netherlands has more tourists from the EU then the UK.  

 

I think most tourists from EU go to warmer countries. 

 

All the data is available online. 

 

Not making any comments on the food as that is taste depended. But the weather is for me and others important. The UK has the same crappy weather in general as the Netherlands.

 

 

Even the Netherlands has more tourists from the EU then the UK.  

Rob, the Netherlands didn't even make the top ten.

 

 

 

[robblok]

12 minutes ago, vogie said:

Even the Netherlands has more tourists from the EU then the UK.  

Rob, the Netherlands didn't even make the top ten.

 

 

 

I know but we were talking European about European tourists. Then the figures are different. The UK has many US tourists.

 

As you can use google go and look at the data.

 

I never said that the Netherlands was a tourist country but it had more European tourists then the UK. My even meant as a look even a crappy country like the Netherlands gets more tourist from the EU. 

 

I mean who in his right mind could think the UK was a major tourist destination among Europeans. 

 

Second image is for the Netherlands. 

Edited January 8, 2021 by robblok

[KannikaP]

Why wait til October. Do it from NOW!

[KannikaP]

10 minutes ago, vogie said:

Even the Netherlands has more tourists from the EU then the UK.  

Rob, the Netherlands didn't even make the top ten.

 

 

 

Most visited in 2017, updated in 2020?

[welovesundaysatspace]

6 hours ago, ourmanflint said:

About time. Never really understood why we didn't insist on passports when in the EU

Do you need one when traveling from London to Glasgow? Or from Bangkok to Huahin? 

Edited January 8, 2021 by welovesundaysatspace

[welovesundaysatspace]

48 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

It's a problem because all the news agencies are left wing globalists.

Good to know people don’t like far right nationalist BS (assuming your assertion is true). 

 

 

[sungod]

1 hour ago, welovesundaysatspace said:

Do you need one when traveling from London to Glasgow? Or from Bangkok to Huahin? 

 

Are Bangkok and Hua Hin  in 2 different sovereign countries?

[transam]

1 hour ago, welovesundaysatspace said:

Do you need one when traveling from London to Glasgow? Or from Bangkok to Huahin? 

What country is Hua Hin in....?

[welovesundaysatspace]

7 minutes ago, sungod said:

Are Bangkok and Hua Hin  in 2 different sovereign countries?

 

4 minutes ago, transam said:

What country is Hua Hin in....?

How is that relevant? 

[transam]

1 minute ago, welovesundaysatspace said:

 

How is that relevant? 

England and Scotland are different country's, so I didn't see the link between BKK and Hua Hin, the same country.

Thinking there might be a Hua Hin in China, that I have never heard about.........????

[sungod]

33 minutes ago, welovesundaysatspace said:

 

How is that relevant? 

How is trying to compare traveling from Bangkok to Hua Hin and the UK to another country relevant? Bit silly really dont you think?

[Chomper Higgot]

Well the economy is down the drain, why not throw a bone to the nationalist rabble and make it worse.

 

It’ll take their mind off the important stuff that’s going wrong.

[Sujo]

56 minutes ago, transam said:

England and Scotland are different country's, so I didn't see the link between BKK and Hua Hin, the same country.

Thinking there might be a Hua Hin in China, that I have never heard about.........????

And just to confuse things more. I need a passport to travel from kuala lumpur, malaysia, to srawak malaysia.

 

Same country but need passport and get 3months on mainland but only 1 month in sarawak.

 

But uk just opened another can of worms, expect tit for tat. Though its no big.deal to carry a pp when travelling.

[ourmanflint]

2 hours ago, welovesundaysatspace said:

Do you need one when traveling from London to Glasgow? Or from Bangkok to Huahin? 

There are no international borders between London and Glasgow, as they both come under UK government and you know that I'm sure.

 UK citizens have always had to show passports to visit any EU country. The same should have always applied to those visiting UK, ID cards are notoriously easy to fake

[CharlieH]

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Forum rule 10.

[welovesundaysatspace]

1 minute ago, ourmanflint said:

There are no international borders between London and Glasgow

I know, but how is that any relevant?
 

 

[vogie]

3 minutes ago, welovesundaysatspace said:

I know, but how is that any relevant?
 

 

Are you playing riddle me ree?

[sungod]

7 minutes ago, welovesundaysatspace said:

I know, but how is that any relevant?
 

 

 This fella cant even remember his own argument! ????

[stevenl]

11 minutes ago, ourmanflint said:

There are no international borders between London and Glasgow, as they both come under UK government and you know that I'm sure.

 UK citizens have always had to show passports to visit any EU country. The same should have always applied to those visiting UK, ID cards are notoriously easy to fake

"UK citizens have always had to show passports to visit any EU country. "

Not true.

Quote

ou can use your identity (ID) card to travel to the United Kingdom (UK) up to and including 30 September 2021. From 1 October 2021 you will need a valid passport. If you become a UK resident on or before 31 December 2020, you can continue to use your ID card to travel between the Netherlands and the UK until at least the end of 2025.  

From https://www.government.nl/topics/brexit/question-and-answer/can-i-travel-to-the-uk-with-an-id-card-after-brexit-or-do-i-need-a-passport#:~:text=You can use your identity,will need a valid passport.

[ourmanflint]

19 minutes ago, stevenl said:

"UK citizens have always had to show passports to visit any EU country. "

Not true.

From https://www.government.nl/topics/brexit/question-and-answer/can-i-travel-to-the-uk-with-an-id-card-after-brexit-or-do-i-need-a-passport#:~:text=You can use your identity,will need a valid passport.

Nice.I should have been more specific. People *born* in the UK have always had to show passports to visit any EU country.