Juncker says euro at risk if Schengen passport-free travel unravels

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said on Wednesday Europe’s single currency will be jeopardised if its Schengen passport-free travel zone unravels due to member states reimposing border controls to keep out refugees. The 26-member Schengen zone has come under immense pressure since the summer as hundreds of thousands of migrants fleeing war and poverty in […]

Filipino who changed year of birth on passport gets suspended sentence

A Filipino ship crew member was handed down a suspended sentence after changing the year of birth on his passport to keep working for longer on board a merchant vessel. Fausto Gamboa, 59, admitted to the charges of altering his passport and consciously making use of it. Due to the current suspension of Schengen rules, […]

JFK passport mistake only let 13 unchecked travelers in, not 150: border agency

The agency charged with monitoring travelers entering the U.S. said Monday it inflated the number of international travelers mistakenly allowed to walk out of JFK without showing passports. U.S. Customs and Border Protection initially said 150 passengers coming from Cancun on American Airlines Flight 1671 left JFK on Friday night without proper scrutiny. But that […]

Paraguay detains Syrian man carrying Greek passport

ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — Paraguay has detained a Syrian man who tried to enter the South American country carrying a Greek passport, the immigration office said on Tuesday. The office said that he had worked in Turkey for over a year and then traveled to Paraguay on his way to Honduras and then London as […]

Crime boss hunted by Real IRA secures passport despite travel ban

The gangster, whose passport is under a different name, wants to leave Ireland over fears he’ll be killed for ordering the hit on RIRA boss Alan Ryan. The Irish Daily Star reports that detectives are now racing against the clock to find the passport, which has the gangster’s photograph on it, but is under a […]

Frenchman caught with fake passport

A Frenchman caught in Bangkok on Friday night with a fake passport had been living in Thailand for five years, police said on Saturday. A team of Special Branch and Phra Khanong police apprehended the 35-year-old French national in front of Lumpini Ville Building 1 on Soi Sukhumvit 77 in Suan Luang district at 11pm […]

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