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The Common Travel Area
The Common Travel Area (CTA) is a long-standing agreement between the UK, Ireland, and the Crown Dependencies, allowing citizens to move freely without passport checks. While this new ferry rule introduces a passport requirement for a specific route, the broader CTA principles of free movement for citizens remain in place for now.
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