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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Simon Calder

Home Office U-turn on ID card ban for French school groups

Simon Calder

One of the flagship Brexit policies on immigration – banning Europeans from travelling to the UK with only a national identity card – has begun to be quietly reversed.

From January 2024, parties of children from French schools will be allowed to visit the UK using ID cards once again, rather than every child having to have a passport.

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