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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Simon Calder

Common Travel Area: What is it, and how can it help travellers without a passport?

Ireland is part of the CTA, though Ryanair and Aer Lingus demand passports from passengers arriving from Great Britain - (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Frontier red tape is getting more tangled at an alarming rate. Dual nationals who are British citizens are the latest in line for more complex rules when travelling to the UK. They have been told they must have a valid British passport (or an expensive “Certificate of Entitlement”) to travel to the UK.

British travellers to Europe’s Schengen area may be called upon to provide fingerprints and facial biometrics as the EU entry-exit system is rolled out.

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