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Europeans who want to enter the UK will need a passport from October 2021, the British government announced, saying that citizenship cards or identity cards will not be acceptable. Only the Irish and the citizens of Gibraltar will be exempt.
“Identity cards are the least secure documents at the border and ending their use will strengthen our security when the UK regains control of its borders at the end of the transition period,” according to information published in the site of the government.
In addition to citizens of the European Union, the Swiss, Icelanders, Norwegians and Lichtenstein are affected.
The UK officially left the European Union on January 31, 2020, but the end of the Brexit transition period ends at the end of December, and the British and Europeans negotiate the terms of the new relationship by then. Regardless of what is decided economically and commercially, there is already a certainty: a passport will be required.
The plans also include a solution to try to avoid long lines of trucks in border areas, specifically the port of Kent, which require prior authorization in order to move towards the English Channel.
