Article 6SP25 UK delays full shift to digital immigration system amid eVisa flaws

UK delays full shift to digital immigration system amid eVisa flaws

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Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor
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People will be allowed to use expired identity documents amid real fear' of another Windrush-style scandal

Passengers will be allowed to use expired identity documents to travel to the UK because of flaws in the eVisa system, a minister has told the Guardian.

Seema Malhotra, the migration and citizenship minister, said the government had postponed a planned full shift to the new digital immigration system amid real fear" of another Windrush-style scandal among minority communities.

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