i dont think its got anything to do with border control - they are just trying to sneak it through the back door via the public support for the 'foreigner' idea, which so many english see as a danger to their country...
i'm personally not impervious to this erosion of privacy - as a working foreigner i expect to receive such a card in the coming months... to which i will probably either burn it, or pointedly refuse to carry it. ever.
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hahaha. so true :)
either that, or be born in the EU and walk in for free...
i dont think its got anything to do with border control - they are just trying to sneak it through the back door via the public support for the 'foreigner' idea, which so many english see as a danger to their country...
i'm personally not impervious to this erosion of privacy - as a working foreigner i expect to receive such a card in the coming months... to which i will probably either burn it, or pointedly refuse to carry it. ever.