Letter: Passports to chaos

Wednesday 30 June 1999 23:02 BST

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Sir: Passports have largely been in use since the First World War in order that nation states may corral their subjects. Since the European Union countries have agreed that their citizens do not require them, the Home Secretary's insistence on these outdated things for travel to Europe is ridiculous. They impede no determined terrorist and no serious criminal and should be abandoned forthwith.

JOHN ROBERTS

Littlehampton, West Sussex

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