Foreign nationals given ID cards in UK

Resident in the UK from outside the European Economic Area (the EU plus Switzerland and Norway) are to be issued ID cards under a new scheme by the government. The UK remains one of the only European countries...

hates identity cards -- loves credit cards

What if your identity card looked like a credit card?  What if it were impossible for your family and friends to tell the difference between your identity card and your credit cards?  What if every month, your identity card number was automatically entered in the...

a better idea than machine-readable biometric identity cards for migrant workers

Proposal to implant RFID tracking tags in migrant workers.

employers have little trouble documenting immigrants

But whether the documents are valid is another matter. Some documents are fakes.

overhaul must break the culture that encourages illegal work force

A machine-readable biometric identity card for migrant workers.

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