The UK’s election may spell out the future of its national ID cards

Identity cards are back among the UK’s top controversial topics – thanks to the upcoming elections and its focus on migration.

Last week, British Labor Party politician Lord David Blunkett called for reintroducing national ID cards, arguing that it could be the country’s solution for unchecked immigration and human trafficking.

“Identity cards are a simple, practical and affordable answer, one that would shatter the business model of organized international gangs making billions from human trafficking,” Lord Blunkett wrote in an …

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