A Tory Brexiteer suffered a car crash interview on BBC 5Live, leaving the host incredulous after he claimed he was eligible for an Irish passport. Andrew Bridgen, a hardline Eurosceptic, was interviewed by the BBC’s Stephen Nolan on Sunday night and faced a series of tough questions from the Northern Irish presenter over Brexit.

Thousands of Britons have applied for citizenship elsewhere since the Brexit vote. Here, Guardian readers across Europe explain why they made the decision.

Ireland’s Foreign Ministry revealed it issued over 1 million passports for the first time in 2022 and everyone is saying the same thing.

Since the UK left the EU on January 1, 2024, the country has departed from the bloc and its member states in a number of different ways when it comes to air, rail and sea travel.

While passport validity rules and individual immigration requirements do exist, there is a lot of bad information out there. Simon Calder busts the top 10 myths you’ll find on the internet.

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney said that more than 230,000 applications have been received to date this year.

Saturday 20 February was the 50th day since Boris Johnson’s Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) came into effect. Anyone expecting it to settle all questions, or even most of the details, of how we will do business with the EU from now on will be mightily disappointed.

Ministers say leaving the EU ‘has given the UK a world of future opportunities’. So I have tracked down the travel advantages.

Ahead of the busy summer season for European departures, ABTA – The Travel Association is reminding members and the wider industry of the new post-Brexit passport rules to share with their customers so they can check that their passport will be valid for their travel dates.

While debates about the unpredictability of economic and political relationships between the EU and Britain continue to linger, thousands of miles away, the African Union (AU) is creating a close-knit relationship among its own 55 member nations.

Thousands of passengers unlawfully denied boarding because the UK government misinterpreted EU borders code.

The UK has identified nearly 4,000 EU laws and regulations which we are now “free from”. What have we done with these newfound freedoms?

The father of an aristocrat has been left 'fuming' after he was turned away from his Ryanair flight as a result of a little known Brexit clause.

A new ranking of the world’s most powerful passports has been released, and a surprising plunge suggests bad times to come.

British travellers face challenges this year not only from the Covid crisis, but also the effects of Brexit. Here’s the lowdown.

Boris Johnson's father is in the process of applying for a French passport to maintain his ties with Europe after Brexit.

Boris Johnson, Britain's newly-crowned prime minister of the U.K., was born in New York City and only recently relinquished his American passport when the Internal Revenue Service chased him for unpaid taxes.

Boris Johnson’s father Stanley is applying for a French passport to allow him to work and move freely throughout Europe after Brexit.

The number of British nationals applying for Irish citizenship has risen significantly since the Brexit referendum almost three years ago.

Identity has always been an issue in Northern Ireland that requires delicate handling. The 1998 Good Friday Agreement helped to smooth things over, by giving people the opportunity to identify as British, Irish or both. But Brexit makes that much more complicated again.

The number of applications spiked as the missed Brexit deadlines in March and October were approaching.

New Brexit checks will cause vast delays to tourists entering the EU unless a new agreement is brought in, the head of the Port of Dover has claimed.

IRISH passport holders in Northern Ireland have increased by two-thirds, according to the latest census.

Capacity at London St Pancras is down by one-third because of extra passport checks – meaning fewer seats and higher fares.

EU school groups are opting to travel to Ireland instead, says UK tourism association.

The United Kingdom’s vote to leave the European Union—“Brexit”—has inspired a global exodus of sorts, sparking interest in second passports in nations like Ireland and economic citizenship and residency programs in Cyprus and Malta.

As you may have noticed Jacob Rees Mogg Esquire – as no doubt he would style himself – has invited the public to submit suggestions on the theme of ‘Opportunities of Brexit’. I could not resist replying. Could I possibly suggest that you, after reading this, do the same?

Allrounder left out of Championship clash with Hampshire after losing non-overseas status.

Thousands of Brits have been turned away at boarding gates because of a change in rules that can prevent people from travelling if their passport issue date is over ten years old.

Brexit has sparked major changes in migration decisions, equivalent to the impact of a serious economic or political crisis, according to a pioneering joint study between the Oxford-in-Berlin research partnership and the WZB Social Sciences Center Berlin.

UK expatriates have expressed regret at no longer being able to live in their houses in Europe after failing to obtain residency visas. None more so than those who voted for Brexit.

The number from England, Scotland and Wales soared by more than a fifth.

Brexiteer MP Andrew Bridgen has taken his ignorance over Ireland to new heights - this time by claiming that everyone in England is entitled to an Irish passport.

Investigating police in Tenerife are investigating four Brits who are said to have presented fake "padron" certificates, which allow people to stay in Spain after Brexit.

Jonathon Lane had to purchase an emergency passport and missed four days of his family holiday in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt after easyJet staff stopped him from boarding at Gatwick Airport.

Residents of the British territory Anguilla didn't get a say in Brexit, but they will lose their EU passports come March 29 next year. The territory relies heavily on imports that come mostly via the EU.

De La Rue boss quits as company struggles after losing out to Franco-Dutch business Gemalto.

British travellers could face hours of delays at EU airports if e-gates are blocked.

Hauliers carrying goods to Europe have warned they face more damaging restrictions as the latest figures show exports dropped by two-fifths in January as the Brexit transition period came to an end.

British passports have been issued without the words European Union on the front cover despite the Brexit delay.

British visitors to Gibraltar could face Schengen Area checks on touchdown, according to the minister conducting post-Brexit negotiations with the European Commission.

Plan could mean British visitors to the overseas territory losing some of their 90-day allowance for travel in Europe.

A British tourist was denied entry to Spain when she could not show a particular passport stamp that is now required post-Brexit.

Immigration authorities have told the family they plan to deport Kathleen Poole after 18 years in the county.

Brittany Ferries has seen a huge fall in the number of people travelling between Plymouth and France with Brexit being blamed.

A Canterbury language school has called for a relaxation in bureaucracy for foreign students entering the UK.

Outward migration also rises significantly, with emigrants prepared to take more risks.

Boris Johnson’s planned cuts will worsen delays on passports and driving licences, union warns.

Scientist Dr Bob Banks was due to travel to Milan with his wife, Gillian, for a long overdue break, but weren't allowed to board their flight over new passport rules... and are up to £5,000 out of pocket.

De La Rue said on Tuesday 171 jobs were at risk at its Gateshead plant, more than a year after the banknote and passport printer lost a 400 million pound contract to make UK passports in the traditional blue colour.

It's all about when your passport was issued. / A Westcountry mum and her son were left heartbroken after being told they couldn't board their plane because of a Brexit passport rule

Port of Dover boss Doug Bannister has told LBC that it's "absolutely true" that Brexit is ultimately to blame for the extreme delays at the port of Dover because passports require extra checks.

UK's most vital link with European Union says it was 'irrational' not to award cash for new facilities

DOZENS of British officials working in the European Commission have secured an Irish passport in order to maintain career progress within the EU institutions after Brexit.

Robert Banks claims he was wrongly blocked from travelling from Newcastle to Amsterdam for a conference by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines due to the issue date of his passport.

In May 1979, ECOWAS member States adopted their first protocol relating to the Free Movement of Persons, Residence and Establishment. It stipulated the right of ECOWAS citizens to enter, reside and establish economic activities in the territory of other member states and offers a three step roadmap of five years each to achieve freedom of movement of persons after fifteen years.

For all the reassurances about their status, the risk of being kicked out still haunts those without a British passport.

Concerns raised over passport recognition, data sharing and ability to use it abroad. / Home Office efforts to launch a phone app for EU nationals registering to stay in Britain have been dealt a blow after complaints that the passport recognition function does not work on all phones.

Under the trade deal brokered between the European Union and the UK, Britons will lose some benefits while travelling.

Many married women cannot prove settled status to employers and councils because of a mix-up.

The maximum stay in most European countries is strictly limited for Britons post-Brexit, with holidaymakers only able to visit for a total of just under three months in any 180-day period. Here’s what to watch out for.

Eurostar has been forced to run trains with a large number of empty seats between London and its destinations in Europe, in order to prevent backups at border checkpoints at its stations.

Cross-Channel train operator Eurostar complained Tuesday that slower post-Brexit passport checks for travellers are forcing it to run some services almost one-third empty.

Europe-bound trains won’t stop at Ashford and Ebbsfleet International stations for at least ‘two to three years’.

The high-speed train service under the English Channel is leaving many seats unfilled, rather than risk delays caused by more rigorous passport checks for Britons.

Issues around new Eurostar post-Brexit passport checks must be resolved "as a matter of urgency" ahead of potential "chaos", London's mayor says. / There are plans to bring in biometric border controls at St Pancras International in London in October.

A mother-of-two from Cornwall has warned holidaymakers to double check post-Brexit rules before they travel, after confusion over her passport’s expiry date caused her to miss a £2,000 holiday to Portugal.

Your passport may not be valid because of a change in the rules.

A family of three have been left £3,000 out of pocket due to a little known Brexit passport rule that resulted in them being unable to travel abroad.

The trip to Greece would have been Charlotte and Ronnie Wilton's first family holiday with children Ronnie and Ciara.

The Department of Foreign Affairs said it was snowed under with a backlog of more than 30,000 complex foreign birth registrations, many from British citizens looking for Irish passports after Brexit.

Those missing exit stamp could be denied entry on their next trip.

Billionaire founder of think tank that advocates leaving single market obtains right to work anywhere in Europe.

A French official has warned that some ferries between the Channel Islands and France could stop running from next year unless post-Brexit rules requiring French passengers to have a passport are relaxed.

The number of people arriving at a UK port from France has more than halved after Brexit, a ferry firm has said.

The government has reportedly scrapped plans to end freedom of movement on 31 October after being told by lawyers that imposing the rule change on EU nationals could scupper no-deal planning and leave ministers at risk of legal action.

The UK cabinet office has rejected a £33m proposal to double the capacity for French government passport checks at Dover, dooming UK passengers to long delays at the border post-Brexit.

The blue passports were championed by Brexiteers as a symbol of the UK's split from the EU.

A family have lost £3,000 on a holiday after the mum was not allowed to board a flight due to a post-Brexit rule for entry to a group of European countries.

People are being urged to check their passports.

‘I would have lost a £5,000 holiday if I had taken this advice,’ says mother of nine-year-old wrongly told her passport had run out.

EU nationals’ passports lost and ID cards sent to wrong addresses in ‘concerning’ data breaches, report finds

As crises mount, the polls show voters turning at last. But the national newspapers that backed Leave – even the two now edited by Remainers – continue to pretend there is nothing wrong.

The number of foreign student trips organised to the UK by specialist European tour operators this year is down 83% compared to pre-pandemic 2019, largely due to a post-Brexit passport rule change.

For 2021, national tourist board Visit Britain has forecast that visitor numbers will be lower even than in 2020, when travel restrictions were at their highest.

More than 350,000 UK citizens have opted to apply for post-Brexit insurance policy since 2016.

ondon trains leave Amsterdam at least 78% empty because of constraints on UK border checks. / Thousands of seats are deliberately going unsold on Eurostar trains every day as the cross-Channel train operator struggles with post-Brexit passport controls.

THE IRISH passport is currently more powerful than a British one, according to a newly-published global passport ranking.

Officials expect around 5,000 people to apply online during St Patrick’s weekend.

The number of applications for Irish passports coming from people in the UK have soared with the Brexit deadline right around the corner.

UK and French officials in war of words as holidaymakers hit by long delays.

Billionaire founder of think tank that advocates leaving single market obtains right to work anywhere in Europe.

Your passport now has to meet two strict entry conditions which the European Union has long had in place for 'third countries' - and it involves the printed issue date.

Entry requirements to EU countries are set to change for Brits.

The end of the transition period was merely a staging post within a process that will be long with us, says Chris Grey.

Fewer than 50,000 were issued in 2015.

British politicians are seeking dual Irish citizenship in the wake of the Brexit vote.

Shirelle Quinn and her son Freddy were due to fly to Alicante in Spain.

The new checker has been developed by experts and offers correct information to British passport holders, completely based on the EU’s entry rules to different countries.

Millions of Britons with valid passports could be unable to travel to some European countries in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

How could you be affected if the UK does leave the EU without an agreement?

A holidaymaker claims she could not fly with TUI because her passport was due to expire in nine months time. Despite checking in online and filling in her passport details without any red flags, Dene Jeffery was given the devastating news she could not take the flight due to her passport's expiry in November 2023.

The number of people who have decided to give up their UK citizenship has increased since the country decided to leave the EU, data obtained by the Independent has shown.

The numbers are currently six times what they were a decade ago - with Brexit making life for Brits abroad increasingly complicated.

This checklist from the travel experts at ABTA will tell you the recent changes you should be aware of before jetting off.

The Passport Index is the original interactive passport ranking tool in the world. / Invented and empowered by Arton Capital, it is the only real-time global ranking of the world’s passports, updated as frequently as new visa waivers and changes are implemented.

French visitors to Jersey won't need a passport to travel for the first time since Brexit, under a pilot scheme announced by the island's government. / It follows a "significant decline" in the number of visitors from France since the UK left the EU and new travel restrictions came into effect.

A FAMILY are devastated after a post-Brexit passport issue left them unable to travel.

'I’ve always been proud to be of Irish heritage but I never thought I’d have to rely on it for proper access to the EU' / The Brexit vote has led to a surge in applications for Irish citizenship - with one Post Office in Belfast saying it is unable to cope with demand.

The chief executive of the UK trade association that represents inbound tourism said revenue from foreign school trips has ‘drastically reduced’ post-Brexit.

After a renewal, I hold in my hands the much discussed post-Brexit passport.

People have been refused boarding as their passport is more than nine years and nine months old even though it has an extended validity period.

The number of British citizens applying for Irish passports has risen to record levels, with one in five applicants coming from the UK amid continuing uncertainty over Brexit.

There was a 30 per cent rise in people handing over their British passports in 2021.

The BBC’s Analysis Editor Ros Atkins examines whether post-Brexit border checks were to blame for disruption at the Port of Dover at the weekend and to what extent.

A new passport check system is coming into force later this year.

European schoolchildren can no longer travel on group passports, resulting in trips to UK cultural heritage sites being struck from the list.

Loss of young Europeans on pupil visits will cause major cultural damage to UK, warn tour organisers.

Kate Barke had to say goodbye to her children at the gate just 15 minutes before their Ryanair flight was due to take off for Palma de Mallorca due to new Brexit rules.

There are new entry requirements for Brits travelling to Spain since Brexit.

As small businesses crumble, shelves get emptier and the care-worker shortage intensifies, life outside the EU is having a dire effect on many of us. Why aren’t politicians talking about it?

Boris Johnson's dad has successfully applied for a French passport despite last month claiming Brexit was "probably a good idea" after voting Remain in 2016.

With a month to go, here is everything you need to know about travel in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

Brexit has caused sadness far and wide, but for very many musicians who are only just beginning to emerge from the Covid-induced touring dearth, Brexit has been a disaster. A survey conducted by musicians in 2021 revealed that 34 per cent of musicians had already lost work as a result of Brexit. A violinist said, “I am professionally paralysed by Brexit.”

BETWEEN 2013 and 2015 the British passport—in its burgundy-covered EU-member incarnation—was the most powerful in the world, according to an index compiled annually by Henley & Partners...

The fall of the British Passport “In 2010, it was ranked as the most powerful in the world. According to the Henley Passport Index, we could visit more destinations without a prior visa than any other nationality.” Now it’s 13th.

To celebrate, the government has published a dossier titled “Benefits of Brexit: how the UK is taking advantage of leaving the EU”. / But four of these alleged benefits aren’t a result of the UK’s departure.

A little-known post-Brexit passport rule change is leaving Brits unable to attend family weddings and holidaymakers out of pocket to the tune of hundreds - and sometimes thousands - of pounds.

A SIMPLE Brexit rule led to a woman's holiday nearly being ruined last month.

There's one thing that the two candidates locked in a bad-tempered battle to be Britain's next prime minister agree on: Brexit is nothing to do with any of the woes facing the UK right now. / The inconvenient truth, as the head of the port of Dover has confirmed, is that Brexit has indeed contributed to the chaos.

Residents of Japan and Singapore possess the world’s most powerful passport, a new report has revealed, while Britain has fallen from joint 12th to joint 15th place.

The Port of Dover has declared a "critical incident" due to five-hour queues leading to the ferry terminal and people are blaming Brexit.

"Almost as if becoming a third nation country and abolishing freedom of movement within the EU and Schengen zone was a bad thing."

A total of 6,250 people from the UK became German nationals in 2018, a rise of 950 per cent on pre-referendum numbers.

Experts quick to point out similar system will exist for Britons visiting Europe after Brexit.

The Port of Dover has attacked the French authorities for “woefully inadequate” border control staffing which is ruining the summer getaway for thousands of families.

A Tory MP has made the bewildering and incorrect claim that all English people are entitled to an Irish passport. MP for West Leicestershire Andrew Bridgen made the bizarre comments on BBC Radio Ulster during a conversation about the impact of Brexit and the Irish border question.

The director of an English language school in Shoreham is calling on people to sign a petition that asks the government to allow European school visits with only ID cards.

Glen Matlock has said musicians have “lost their freedom of movement” to tour in Europe due to the “Brexit debacle”. / The former Sex Pistols bassist, 66, criticised the Government for failing to secure ease of access for performers within the bloc.

The UK is set to leave the European Union on 29 March 2019. Brexit has profound implications for travellers. This is the latest on what we know, what we think we know and what we still don’t know.

Three years on from our departure from the EU, UK travellers face more delays and paperwork when travelling to Europe – and 2023 will bring new checks

Rules on travelling to and from European Union countries will change on 1 January 2021.

Liz Truss has hit out at the French authorities for the border chaos, but the government rejected an offer to double the number of passport booths in 2020.

"Since brexit it's been necessary to have every single passport stamped at Dover... and as a result of that everything takes much longer..."

Over the last weekend, the Port of Dover has handled almost 142,000 travellers, many of whom have been forced to wait for hours to cross the borders into France.

The end of 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition; from next year, British travellers visiting countries in the European Union will encounter a number of changes. Here’s everything you need to know.

Waiting times could even triple with the UK’s ‘third-country nationals’ no longer in the EU.

It is important to check your passport has not expired or you could face a costly blow to your travel plans.

Migration from UK to Europe states averaged 56,832 people per year from 2008-15, but climbed to 73,642 a year from 2016-18.

UK-based travel businesses are facing “significant” operational challenges organising trips to the EU following Brexit, according to the travel association ABTA.

Parents wrongly told ‘your child will need six months left on their passport’. / Ninety-three weeks after the Brexit transition phase ended and the UK fully left the European Union, the government still is putting out false information on passport validity for the EU and the wider Schengen Area.

Confused over regulations, Home Office border staff meet legitimate visitors and workers with suspicion.

UK nationals are struggling to adjust to new rules that follow Brexit – the act that marked the UK’s official exit from the European Union.

Henley Passport Index ranks passports around the world according to visa-free travel, with Japan topping the 2019 list.

European commission insists letting UK nationals use e-gates would breach EU law

The UK government says Gibraltar cannot independently negotiate a passport-free travel deal with the EU after Brexit.

British travellers face the worst possible outcome once the Brexit transition period ends, the government has confirmed.

Queues have been blamed on delays caused by extra checks needed and a shortage of police officers at passport control.

Thousands who fled their war-torn country stand to lose their right to work, rent a home and access NHS.

After China denied citizenship status to non-Chinese residents, about 7,000 ethnic minority families received full British nationality, granting them the ability to live across Europe and pass this status onto their descendants.

Seeing headlines about passports expiring after Brexit? Here are the rules as stated by the European Union, not the UK government. / Since Brexit, the rules on passport validity for British visitors to the European Union have tightened. But the UK government tells travellers the regulations are worse than they actually are.

We asked for a hard EU frontier in southeast Kent, plus tougher passport controls.

A woman has told of her frustration after being removed from a flight to Spain and having her New Year’s Eve “ruined” over a little-known change to post-Brexit passport rules.

Kirsty still has seven months left on her red passport but was told it was out of date at the airport and lost her £1,000 dream TUI holiday - with no refund./ Before Brexit, Brits could travel up to and including the expiry date on their passports But EU regulations now mean a UK passport holder wanting to visit Europe needs a passport which was issued within the previous 10 years.

Brits will need at least six months on their passport date for travel around Europe.

Tory peer Lord Rose criticises ‘backwards’ proposal as business department launches 12-week consultation.

A British father living in France says he was denied the chance to vote on Brexit, but his family are enduring the consequences of it.

Diana Kanter, 71 and from Surrey, told i she wanted a new passport after Brexit to beat queues at the airport – and to feel European again.

It was to be a symbol of the UK as a newly independent nation, cut loose from the tyranny of Brussels and EU bureaucrats demanding our bananas are a certain shape.