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Why did we not need passports before?
For decades, travel between the UK and Ireland has been part of a Common Travel Area, allowing citizens to move freely without passports. This new rule for ferry passengers is about UK Border Force wanting more accurate passenger data, rather than changing the CTA itself. It's a shift in how the rules are enforced.
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