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National ID cards no longer valid for most Europeans traveling to UK: Home office

London, Oct 1 (UNI/Sputnik) Most Europeans citizens will need to show a valid passport to be allowed to enter the United Kingdom from Friday, as the UK government will stop be accepting national identity cards as a travel document following the country’s departure from the European Union last year, the Home Office announced.
"From today (October 1, 2021), most EU, EEA and Swiss citizens will need a valid passport to enter the UK as the government stops accepting national identity (ID) cards as a travel document," the official announcement said.
According to the Home Office, ID cards are some of the most abused documents seen by Border Force officers and, last year, almost half of all false documents detected at the border were issued in the European Union, the European Economic Area and Switzerland.
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