New US papers ‘invasive’

CONCERN was expressed yesterday at the impact on the civil rights of Irish travellers following the latest US security restrictions.

The Irish Council of Civil Liberties (ICCL) said European countries, including Ireland, will have to carry citizens’ private information on high-security passports in order to get into the US.

On Monday the US announced that from October 26 people on visa-waiver programmes must carry new passports containing digital information identifying the holder by his or her unique biometric data, such as fingerprints, face recognition or iris patterns.