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Brexit: UK passports issued without 'European Union' label

British passports are being issued without the words "European Union" on the cover, despite the delay to Brexit.

The new burgundy passports were introduced from 30 March, the day after the UK was supposed to leave the EU, but some people may still receive the old version until stocks run out.

One recipient said she was "truly appalled" at the change.

Dark blue passports resembling the pre-EU British design are due to be issued from the end of the year.

Susan Hindle Barone, who received her new passport on Friday, told the Press Association she thought the design should not change for as long as the UK remains an EU member.

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Under Lock and Key: Sweden, Denmark Prolong Border Controls, Vex Locals

Still distressed by the aftershocks of last year's unprecedented refugee influx, Sweden decided to extend its border controls until November 2016 in an effort to keep the number of asylum applications down from 163,000. This measure, however, may prove a disastrous blow for the whole transnational Øresund Region.

The controls were first introduced in November 2015 and are now expected to run until at least November. Sweden's southern neighbor Denmark has opted to extend its own controls likewise.

"The EU has recognized Sweden's need for border controls," Interior Minister Anders Ygeman told public service broadcaster SVT.

The number of people seeking asylum in Sweden has reportedly dropped significantly since the border controls and ID checks were introduced. At present, Sweden takes in an average of under 500 asylum seekers a week, as opposed to almost 10,000 a week during the most hectic months of last autumn.

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Paris attacks: EU border crisis as France demands new controls

European freedom of movement was last night under scrutiny in the wake of the Paris attacks, as it emerged that some of the terrorists may have posed as refugees to enter Europe before carrying out the atrocities.

The issue of border control was yesterday being debated by European leaders after a Syrian passport was found alongside one of the suicide bombers, suggesting that Isil terrorists are exploiting the refugee crisis and Europe's freedom of movement rules to get to the continent.

Last night there were demands for the borders to be tightened from the French.