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Never-mind that passports tend to be expensive (relatively speaking, for the average person), many countries don’t issue passports for a variety of reasons: the
by DaiPlusPlus 7y ago
Never-mind that passports tend to be expensive (relatively speaking, for the average person), many countries don’t issue passports for a variety of reasons: the UK will refuse to issue - or confiscate - passports of football hooligans specifically - or suspected terror-tourists, I’m sure other democracies have similar policies, let alone more authoritarian regimes.
- unethical_ban 7y agoPassports are confiscated if you misbehave at a sports match? My God.
- RareSoft 7y agoBritish fans don't have a good reputation in Europe so it's likely the governments way to stop us exporting hooligans.
- DaiPlusPlus 7y ago> misbehave That spin does kinda trivialize the conduct of hooligans - things like simple assault or battery won't be enough, it's more like if you're involved in a specific football hooligan gang, and conspire to do grevious bodily harm and/or arrange organized fights between gangs, and you must have a prior conviction too: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/832431/football-related-arrests-banning-orders-1819-hosb2219.pdf https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/...